Bob Dylan famously rode a 500cc Triumph Tiger 100, which he (allegedly) crashed on the outskirts of New York in the summer of 1966 and memorialised in You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.
Timothée Chalamet, the 29-year-old French-American actor who stars as Dylan in the new biopic, A Complete Unknownopted for a Lime bike to travel to the London premiere.
Now he has claimed that the decision — made to avoid a traffic jam — has come at a cost to his wallet. After parking it incorrectly, he told a French talk show on Wednesday he was fined £65.
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Chalamet rented the electric bike, an increasingly common sight in major cities, to cycle down the red carpet at the BFI Southbank on Tuesday. He posed for cameras with the bright green bike, wearing a silk shirt, black double-breasted suit, snakeskin belt and Cartier rings.
The actor, who is estimated to be worth $25 million after roles in blockbusters such as Dune and Wonkajoked about the unfairness of his fine on French television.
Chalamet as Bob Dylan in the new biopic
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He told Quotidien, a news talk show, that his choice of transport as environmentally friendly but added: “I actually wasn’t allowed to park there and I got a £65 fine and actually it’s horrible because it was an advert for them.” However, it is understood that fines from Lime only increase to £20.
Lime requires riders to take a photo of their bike once they have parked it to ensure it is left in an appropriate location.
Chalamet left his bike on the red carpet
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Riders will receive a warning for incorrect parking and incur charges for repeated incorrect parking, although these only increase up to £20. According to the website, repeat offenders can be banned from the rental app.
Chalamet’s photographer Aidan Zamiri, also took the journey with the actor.
Zamiri shared a video of himself and Chalamet on Instagram, showing the pair riding across Westminster Bridge on the way to the premiere, with the caption “favourite mode of transport”.
He later posted notifications from Lime that he had been idle for “an unusually long time” and also that he had could receive a £2 fine for incorrect parking in future.
An image from the Instagram account of Aidan Zamiri after he and Chalamet said they were fined for incorrectly parking their Lime bikes
A Complete Unknownwhich is released in UK cinemas on Friday, charts Dylan’s arrival in New York from Minnesota with his guitar.
Alongside Chalamet, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for Call Me by Your Namethe film stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez.
