Cate Blanchett is joining five other actors taking on the role of Bob Dylan in a movie looking at various stages of his life. While it's the only biographical project Dylan has ever approved of, I wonder what he thinks of Blanchett playing him?
Some of the other actors that will play Dylon at different times of his life will be Ben Whishaw, Heath Ledger and Richard Gere.
Talking to the Guardian, Blanchett said: "I have always loved his (Dylan) music, but I'm terrified about this because I am besotted.
"I watched the press conference he gave in San Francisco in 1965, or whenever it was, and just think, 'I love you.'"
Blanchett goes on to say, oddly, that she's not playing Dylan, but that her character's name is "Jude." This may be from her fear of playing an person she cares too much about.
The film will definitely show Dylan in the many changes he went through during his career; from his folk singing days; his change to rock, which many said he sold out, and on to his focus on concert series, "Never Ending Tour."
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