Mickey Rourke seemingly criticized a portrayal of Bob Dylan just days before Timothée Chalamet takes on the rock legend. “Bob Dylan was one of the most interesting people i've ever met,” Rourke, 72, wrote via Instagram on Monday,

In “A Complete Unknown,” Timothée Chalamet does his own singing and playing on guitar and harmonica — after five years of studying to master the music of Bob Dylan.

Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton explain why they still don't know Bob Dylan after making the biopic "A Complete Unknown," in theaters Wednesday, and why that's a good thing.

Chalamet has been building his Bob Dylan for so long that he’s been seen playing Dylan songs while in costume as Willy Wonka and on the set of “Dune.” His “Dune” co-star, Oscar Isaac (who famously played a fictional Dylan-adjacent folk musician in “Inside Llewyn Davis”), said, ”My first thought, it sounded like a really bad idea.”

Dylan, a Nobel Prize winning poet, songwriter and performer, also ranks among the most enigmatic. Mangold chronicles Dylan’s Greenwich Village roots, performing in basement coffee houses, recording, forming a romantic and professional partnership with folk singer activist Joan Baez.

He respects the reclusive legacy of Bob Dylan while also delivering on one heck of a show that will perhaps inspire a newfound interest in the folk genre and how Dylan came in “like a rolling stone” to shake the whole scene up by going electric.

Mickey Rourke raised eyebrows with a cryptic Instagram post seemingly criticizing a portrayal of Bob Dylan just days before Timothée Chalamet’s A Complete Unknown hits theaters. The 72-year-old act

Timothée Chalamet is stunning as Bob Dylan in James Mangold's film 'A Complete Unknown.' Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro are also great.

The actor stars as a young Bob Dylan, who woos folk followers only to betray them later at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic is making its debut this holiday season. But will the film be on streaming?

A Complete Unknown,' about legendary singer Bob Dylan's move from folk ballads to rock, is generating Oscar buzz for lead actor Timothée Chalamet. The movie, in theaters now, also stars Elle Fanning,