Timothée Chalamet pulled double responsibility as host and musical visitor on final evening’s episode of Saturday Evening Dwell. The star of the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown carried out three of Dylan’s songs: “Tomorrow Is a Lengthy Time,” and a medley of “Outlaw Blues” and “Three Angels.” The latter additionally featured keyboard accompaniment from James Blake. Chalamet appeared in sketches all through the evening as a bungee-jumping instructor, new barista-in-training, and the AI-generated podcast host. Watch his performances, opening monologue, and SNL promo video with forged member Sarah Sherman beneath.
That is Chalamet’s third time internet hosting SNL, having beforehand appeared on the present in 2020 and 2023. For his portrayal of Dylan, he’s at the moment nominated for Greatest Actor on the 2025 Oscars, one in every of eight classes through which A Complete Unknown is eligible to win. Final 12 months, main as much as the movie’s launch, he recreated the music video for Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.”
Saturday Evening Dwell’s 50th season, which kicked off in September, has featured performances from Jelly Roll, Coldplay, Stevie Nicks, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Mk.gee, Charli XCX, Shaboozey, Gracie Abrams, and Hozier. Final week’s musical visitor was Glorilla; a number and musical visitor for SNL’s February 15 episode, which is able to air a day earlier than the present’s fiftieth anniversary particular, have but to be introduced.
Revisit Madison Bloom’s assessment of A Full Unknown, “A Flimsy Slice of Bob Dylan,” on The Pitch.