It’s been a long road there A complete unknown for Timothée Chalamet, with the star’s preparations for the role of Bob Dylan beginning five years ago.

Shown on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Chalamet said he began preparing before the 2019 pandemic, then paused production as many did. Between then and now he has done two Dune films, but still got ready to play Dylan while playing Paul Atreides – which involved a lot of guitar practice on set.

In a nice moment for Chalamet fans, the star shared a video with Colbert showing him in full Atreides formal attire the first Duneplays “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” — “with some Dune lyrical variations of mine,” he said.

A complete unknown opens only in theaters Dec. 25.