So far we’ve seen Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Cate Blanchett in action as Bob Dylan in “I’m Not There” and now another photo – this time with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Ledger – has leaked. Gainsbourg, who plays Ledger’s Dylan’s wife Sara in the film, also covers “Just Like a Woman” for the soundtrack double-disc due in October.
Director Todd Hayne’s recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly and revealed some of the film’s artistic intentions. “I wanted to explore Bob Dylan’s almost violent need to reject the thing that everybody expected him to be,” Haynes said of his creative approach. “I figured the strongest way to do that would be to dramatize the changes by depicting him as a series of shifting personas.” Hence the use of six actors to portray Dylan at six different stages of his life.
“Of course, we’re dying for [Bob] to see it,” he said. He’ll have multiple chances, The Venice Film Festival later this month, and both the Toronto and New York film festivals in September. “I’m Not There” debuts November 21 in New York and then goes wide two weeks later.