Timothée Chalamet made the final word “one in all us” gesture for Bob Dylan followers whereas delivering a strong message to Oscar voters with two unimaginable musical performances on Saturday Night Live.
Marking his first-ever public efficiency, the 29-year-old actor, who stars within the Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, started with a medley of “Outlaw Blues” and “Three Angels.” The latter quantity is a specific deep reduce, a gospel-hued tune showing on Dylan’s 1970 album New Morning. Later, Chalamet returned to sing “Tomorrow Is a Lengthy Time,” a beloved Dylan bootleg relationship again from the early Nineteen Sixties that didn’t correctly obtain a studio launch till it was included in 2010’s The Bootleg Collection Vol. 9. For each performances, Chalamet was joined by a full band that included James Blake on keyboard.
Chalamet hinted at his left-field tune decisions throughout his opening monologue, saying: “You may not know the Bob Dylan songs I’m performing, however they’re my private favorites.” Not one of the songs seem on the soundtrack to A Complete Unknown.
Chalamet is nominated for Finest Actor on the 2025 Academy Awards. If he wins, he’ll be the youngest actor to ever obtain the award.