Although Timothée Chalamet chose a sensible mode of transportation for his latest red carpet appearance, it seems no good deed goes unpunished.
After the Oscar nominee arrived at the film’s London premiere on Tuesday Completely anonymous On a Lime bike, he revealed that he was fined £65 (about $79) for parking incorrectly.
“It’s environmental!” Chalamet explained on the French talk show Daily Why did he jump on the bike? “It was terrible, because it was actually an advertisement for them.”
He noted that he chose not to take the car to attend the BFI Southbank premiere due to traffic congestion.
Chalamet’s bike ride comes after he received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Bob Dylan in writer-director James Mangold’s biopic. Completely anonymous.
Now in theaters, the biopic follows a mysterious 19-year-old from Minnesota who arrives in New York City in 1961 with his guitar and his revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forged intimate relationships with Greenwich Village music icons during his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that resonated around the world.
Completely anonymous Also stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Will Harrison as Bob Neuwirth and more.
“We were a threat to Jim because we were always trying to infiltrate things and pay homage to these amazing artists,” Chalamet previously told Deadline on the red carpet for the film’s Los Angeles premiere while working with Norton on their shoot. “My favorite thing about Edward in the production of this film and afterward as well is , is that he really wanted to honor the spirit of Bob — who’s still alive and well — and Pete Seeger through this press, and not compromise on why we’re there in the end, the kind of pure values you have to follow when you put a movie out there but I did I think Edward was always very clear-eyed about that.
