VIDEO. The biopic on Bob Dylan with Timothée Chalamet is at a standstill

Actor Timothée Chalamet -

Timothée Chalamet will apparently have to wait to slip into the shoes of Bob Dylan.

If we are to believe the cinematographer of

- the working title of this James Mangold film - the project is currently at a standstill.

The biopic will tell about the moment when the king of folk music decided to switch to the electric guitar, and several scenes are to be shot in closed places and with lots of extras.

Covid restrictions make filming impossible.

“I don't think it's definitely buried, but it's hard to shoot it in the Covid era, because you have to shoot in very small clubs with lots of extras and period costumes, so you You need a lot of makeup and wigs, ”the man who worked on

and

, also directed by James Mangold

, told Collider

.

Become Dylan

Earlier this month, Timothée Chalamet revealed in

that he had asked Joel Coen (director of

, a film largely inspired by Bob Dylan's career) for advice on the best way to interpret the legend. music.

The filmmaker told him in particular that the most impressive with Bob Dylan in the 1960s "was not only the quality of his work (undeniable), but the speed with which he wrote and recorded pioneering albums, one after the other. 'other, during his early years'.

Bob Dylan, meanwhile, is at work on another film, which has little to do with his own career.

It is an adaptation of

, by John Grisham, which takes place in the world of professional baseball.

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