Monica Barbaro has flown in the skies with Tom Cruise‘s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Now she’ll sing alongside Timothée Chalamet‘s Bob Dylan. THR reports that the actress is in final talks to star opposite Chalamet in James Mangold‘s upcoming Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” set to start production in NYC this summer.
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Who will Barbaro be playing? None other than Joan Baez, who performed “Blowin’ In The Wind” at the 1965 Newport Jazz Festival, the event where Dylan decided to go electric. That’s the event where Dylan first shook up his act by playing an electric guitar, alienating his fans but leading the musician to create some of his most famous albums.
Mangold directs a script by “Gangs Of New York” scribe Jay Cocks. What about the production team for “A Complete Unknown”? Mangold frontlines, with Automatik‘s Fred Berger, Veritas‘ Peter Jaysen, Alan Gasmer, and Bob Bookman following. Also on board: Jeff Rosen and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company. Executive producers include Bob Dylan himself, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Andrew Rona. Searchlight Pictures heads production, with Taylor Friedman, and Richard Ruiz leading the way there.
As for Barbaro, her recent work beyond playing Phoenix in “Top Gun: Maverick” includes 2021’s “The Cathedral” and the recent rom-com “At Midnight.” Up next, she stars in Netflix‘s upcoming series “FUBAR” with Arnold Schwarzenegger, premiering on May 25.
Joan Baez is a big role for Monica Barbaro to snag. Is this the beginning of the actress’s breakout? Let’s see how “A Complete Unknown” does in theaters first.