“After three or four or five phone calls, they finally said ‘it’s Timothée Chalamet’. I really didn’t know who Timothée was. They said ‘it’s Bob Dylan music’”: Larry Saltzman on teaching Timothée Chalamet to play the guitar for A Complete Unknown

Timothée Chalamet.

One of the most impressive elements of Timothée Chalamet's Oscar-nominated performance in A Complete Unknown is his ability to channel Bob Dylan through his guitar playing. And, just to prove that he was doing it for real, Chalamet took to the stage this weekend to perform three lesser-known Dylan songs on Saturday Night Live.

It turns out that the man responsible for teaching Chalamet the musical ropes for the film was session musician and guitar teacher to the stars Larry Saltzman. He previously tutored Meryl Streep prior to her performance in 2015’s Ricki and the Flash.