Joaquin Phoenix and Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash
A Complete Unknown director James Mangold has explained why it was so important to include Johnny Cash as a central figure in his new Bob Dylan biopic. Based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric!, Mangold’s latest biographical drama features Dune’s Timothée Chalamet as a young Dylan throughout his early career as a folk singer, and charts the controversy that arose from his eventual switch to electric guitars.
That was the dominating reason I felt Johnny had to be a part of the movie despite the fact I had already made a movie about him. In a weird way, as a writer and director, everyone's so aware of branding in their career, and I try not to be aware of it at all. I needed Johnny Cash in this movie. It occurred to me, 'Wow, I did that already,' but then I returned to brass tacks and said, 'I need him in this movie because he plays a significant role.
Posts While Holbrook is said to be playing Cash at a much later point in his career than that which formed the focus of Mangold’s previous musical biopic, comparisons between the two versions of the character are largely inevitable. However, Mangold’s assertion that audiences will get to see a different side of his character compared to Phoenix’s version may serve to work in the film’s favor, while also ensuring the movie's focus remains firmly fixated on Chalamet’s Dylan.
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