Timothée Chalamet was the first actor to be a host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live." It's the latest stunt to promote "A Complete Unknown" to fans and the Academy Awards panel, alike.
Chalamet’s appearance on the show comes comes less than a week after he received an Academy Award nomination for best actor for his portrayal of music icon Bob Dylan in the biopic “A Complete Unknown.” It marks the second Oscar nod of Chalamet’s career, as he was previously nominated in the same category for the film “Call Me by Your Name.”
But at first sight, Chalamet’s stint as the frontman of a Dylan cover band coinciding with his Best Actor campaign was less loosey-goose anything-goes ’70s style than akin to the more nakedly promotional Garth-Brooks-as-Chris-Gaines type of deal.
The actor pulled double duty as the host and musical guest after his Oscar nomination for “A Complete Unknown.”
Timothée Chalamet wanted to use his third Saturday Night Live monologue to finally read aloud his long-held awards show acceptance speech. "A Complete Unknown just got eight Academy Award nominations - and I'm truly overjoyed,
Chalamet hosted SNL for the third time, but as he pointed out, it was the first with his much-talked-about facial hair or lack thereof. He also brought up his role as Willy Wonka and his most recent work in A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan.
For his seemingly A Complete Unknown final promotional appearance before the 2025 Oscars, Timothée Chalamet served as both SNL ‘s host and music guest. Instead of trotting down humble road, Chalamet flatted out expressed his desire to take home a win for the biopic.
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Kylie Jenner is her boyfriend Timothée Chalamet's biggest fan. After the actor received the Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in the new biopic A Complete Unknown, Jenner was "screaming with excitement" over his achievement.
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Timothée Chalamet seems to face endless challenges during awards season. The star of “Dune” and “A Complete Unknown” dedicated part of his “Saturday Night Live” opening monologue to expressing frustration about consistently losing at major award shows.