Timothée Chalamet rides Lime bike into London premiere of ‘A Complete Unknown’
The actor also rode the bike through the streets of London to get to the premiere event
by Surej Singh · NMETimothée Chalamet has ridden a Lime bike into the London premiere of his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
Last night (January 14), Chalamet turned heads at the premiere event for A Complete Unknown at the BFI Southbank – not for what he was wearing, but what he was riding. The star, who portrays Bob Dylan in the biopic, arrived at the premiere on a green Lime e-bike, riding it onto the red carpet.
Once he hit the red carpet, Chalamet got off the bike and ended his ride using his mobile phone before turning to snap pictures for the media present. He also got on the bike again for a couple more photos at the request of the media.
Later, footage of Chalamet riding the e-bike on the streets of London on the way to the premiere event made its way onto social media.
It is currently unclear why Chalamet decided on the mode of transportation, though social media is speculating it’s a cheeky partnership between the actor and the Lime organisation – though this was quickly squashed after a social media user broke the news to Lime on Instagram.
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With A Complete Unknown about to hit cinemas on January 17 in the UK, NME has launched a special print edition magazine celebrating the film and the legacy of Dylan. The 26-page one-shot is available now – find out where to get it here.
NME awarded A Complete Unknown a four-star review, writing: “The most important (and often trickiest) job of any music movie is to get the music right. And this nails that. If you’re a Bob newbie, you’ll leave the cinema ready to dive into his back catalogue. If you’re already a fan, the next few weeks will be spent making playlists of lesser-known B-sides or reading the lore around a scene you weren’t familiar with. And that’s why it was a good idea to make this film – a mad idea, but a good one.”
Dylan himself has been complimentary about Chalamet, describing him as a “brilliant actor” and saying he is “sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”
Dylan also had some impact on the film’s script, as revealed by producer Peter Jaysen. “He met with [director] Jim Mangold multiple times,” he said.