Press excursions can take you a lot locations as a star. Zendaya frolicked with tennis professionals for Challengers, and Margot Robbie recreated Barbie’s greatest seems at each single occasion. 

When Austin Butler performed Elvis, he went to Graceland and met with the Presley household. When Timothee Chalamet was selling his Bob Dylan biopic, A Full Unknown, he appeared on ESPN’s Faculty Gameday. 

When it comes to press excursions, Chalamet goes double platinum. Certain, film stars are usually thrust into press interviews with the actor starring alongside them…however not for the Wonka star. 

 A Full Unknown — the place he performs main man Bob Dylan — is predicted to be one other notch in his already profitable profession. And the movie’s promo has been something however conventional. 

From occurring Pat McAfee’s Faculty Gameday present and beautiful viewers along with his real soccer information…to cosplaying as a humorous model of Bob Dylan throughout the premiere, this press junket has been something however biz as normal. 

When you haven’t been following alongside, right here’s a quick overview of all of the loopy issues which have occurred on this tour to date. 

The Lookalike Competitors 

We actually should begin with the Timothee Chalamet Lookalike Contest, which was held in New York Metropolis on October 27. Throngs of Chalamet dupes crowded round Washington Sq. Park to show they had been the Chalamet lookalike. 

It was the primary of many “Lookalike Contests” — and Timmy made them memorable by displaying up as himself. Now, the likes of Zayn Malik, Jason Kelce, Glen Powell, and extra have had honorary lookalike competitions. 

The occasion was so closely populated that the police confirmed up, awarding the winner with a $500 tremendous. Timothee provided to pay for the tremendous, and finally ended up assembly the winner on this press tour. 

The Minnesota Journey

The web scoffed as Chalamet headed to none aside from frosty Minnesota for the meat-and-potatoes of the press tour. 

Why there? They puzzled. Even when Bob Dylan was born there…

Dylan hails from Duluth, Minnesota, and attended the College of Minnesota for 2 years. Chalamet — who’s immersed himself the character — took time to go to the identical college and endear himself to the Midwesterners. 

So, he stunned the marching band and took as many photograph opps as wanted. He took a tour of the college, strolling the halls like Dylan did. 

He held a neighborhood screening for media, college students, and followers. He met his lookalike. 

He went on Pat McAfee’s Faculty Gameday present and actually broke the web as a consequence of his intensive soccer information. 

An enormous a part of the weekly phase is that commentators will choose their winners for every recreation that day. Not solely did Chalamet again up his reasoning with numerous information, however he received most of his picks right. 

And whereas Timothee was already a beloved heartthrob, the heterosexual male neighborhood began to see the imaginative and prescient. Later Timothee joked to Leisure Tonight, 

“The Bob Dylan film approached me 5 years in the past and my hope was, okay, I’m gonna shoot this film after which within the promotional run I’ll be capable of pivot to ESPN.”

The Bob Dylan Cosplay

A lot has occurred with Timothee in 2024 that it’s onerous to maintain monitor. His relationship with Kylie Jenner’s nonetheless thriving, Dune Half 2 the place he stars alongside Zendaya and Austin Butler launched, the lookalike contest, the Minnesota journey, I may go on. 

Over the December 13, 2024 weekend, A Full Unknown premiered in NYC. Timothee confirmed up with a blonde fringe haircut, blue beanie, and leather-based jacket.

It was an ode to Bob Dylan himself, who confirmed up in an equivalent outfit to the 2003 Sundance Movie Pageant premiere of Masked and Nameless. Ah-mazing!

The Theo Von Podcast

However he’s not completed! Timothee’s additionally making headlines for speaking about his sister Pauline’s new child. 

Sure, Timmy is a brand new uncle after Pauline and Rhys Raiskin not too long ago welcomed their first little one — child lady. 

He confirms as a lot on Von’s podcast, and even implies that they stay in a French forest for completely no purpose. 

It’s but yet one more charming instance of how Timothee’s press tour has taken so many surprising turns…however I can’t wait till the film comes out on December 25 so I can critique his Dylan impression. 
Within the meantime, watch the A Full Unknown  trailer, starring Timothee Chalamet and Elle Fanning right here: