Joan Baez Had One Rule for the Bob Dylan Biopic—And It Might Surprise You  When Joan Baez found out Hollywood was taking a swing at the tangled, poetic chaos of Bob Dylan’s early years, you’d think she’d be first in line with red pens and receipts. After all, she lived it. But when her team got fired up, ready to fact-check *A Complete Unknown* like it was a thesis paper, Baez calmly waved them off. “Don’t bother,” she told them. Why? Because, as she puts it, “It’s a fun movie.” Now 84, Baez isn’t losing sleep over whether she and Dylan lived in the Chelsea Hotel or just visited. “Details, details,” she laughed in a new *Rolling Stone* interview. What mattered to her was the feeling—Timothée Chalamet, as Dylan, nailed the music, the bad attitude, and even some of that signature charm. And Monica Barbaro? Baez said the actress worked “like mad” to embody her, and at times the resemblance was “startling.” Sure, there were some moments that weren’t quite true—like the infamous middle finger scene. “Someone asked me, ‘Did you really do that to Bob?’” she recalled. Her response? “No, I did this,” and flashed a peace sign. But she was just glad the movie captured something deeper than facts: the emotional truth of a wild, beautiful, complicated chapter in music history.

July 3, 2025 Williams 0

  As the much-anticipated Bob Dylan biopic, *A Complete Unknown*, hits theaters, Joan Baez, a legendary figure in the folk music scene and a close […]