Going two months without using a cell phone while filming A Complete Unknown paid off for Timothée Chalamet.
The actor was interviewed for a new edition of 60 Minutes, which premiered on Sunday (February 16), where he discussed his undertaking of Bob Dylan in the musical biopic. The James Mangold-directed film released theatrically last Christmas, and has amassed $100 million in global box office sales.
Around the 4-minute mark of the video below, Chalamet is described as being "disconnected" from his personal life while A Complete Unknown was underway. The actor also didn't have visitors on set.
"I never approached a character so intensely as Bob, 'cause I had such respect for the material, and I knew I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I remembered that I was lazy on a day where something went wrong," Chalamet said.
Chalamet also noted that while Dylan would drink two bottles of red wine and often smoke "30 packs of cigarettes," he "held back" on the booze but smoked instead.
Chalamet spoke more extensively about losing his phone for the Dylan role on podcast, This Past Weekend with Theo Von in December.
"The biggest journey was the music and the voice, and also I've never had my phone off the entire movie. I had three months to play this guy, and the rest of my life I never get to play him again," he said around the 1:13:00 mark below.
He continued, "The thing I came up with—I call it 'method energy' ... I just tried to no cell phones, nothing that reminds you of the present, and trying to treat it like Bob Dylan as much as possible, especially when you're playing someone so iconic."
