Don Puglisi, primarily based in Detroit, who has carried out his tribute act Don Dylan for the final 5 years
What did you consider Chalamet’s efficiency within the trailer?
I assumed it was good. And what I assumed was good about it was he break up the distinction between the caricature of [puts on an extremely Bob Dylan voice] hyuuh—he break up the distinction the place you actually hear the efficiency and didn’t hear the caricature. I type of want Chalamet seemed just a little extra like him, telling you the reality.
Any specific Dylan songs you’re eager to listen to within the movie?
“Masters of Warfare” could be an excellent one; “With God On Our Aspect”, which I believe is absolutely my favourite music of his and lots of people don’t know. “Visions of Johanna” could be superb. [And] I wish to see him and Joan Baez, [folk singer and Dylan’s on-off girlfriend]. I’m actually wanting ahead to that drama.
Invoice Lennon, who’s carried out his act The Bob Dylan Story since 2016, and made a cameo as Dylan in a Deep Purple music video
What did you consider the trailer?
I believe the music they’ve chosen is a extremely fascinating one. [“A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”] is clearly a folks music, and his voice is subsequently fairly uncovered, as a result of it’s simply him and the guitar. And I believe it sounds actually, actually good. At the moment, Dylan was fairly unschooled on the guitar [and] sounded fairly uncooked. And he captures that actually nicely. I can’t wait to listen to a few of the different stuff. It might be fascinating to see how he handles a music like “Don’t Suppose Twice, It’s All Proper”, as a result of that’s received some fairly quick fingerpicking in it.
Do you assume there’s an excellent bodily resemblance?
Particularly when he’s received the shades on, it’s virtually uncanny. I actually like the best way that when the digicam pans to his profile when he’s singing, he’s received that depth however [also the] boyish shyness of Dylan at the moment.
How do you strategy Dylan’s one-of-a-kind voice?
You’ve received to be a bit cautious, as a result of in case you go for it an excessive amount of, you possibly can find yourself sounding like a parody. Once I first began, I most likely tried too exhausting. Now I’m extra into getting the phrasing proper, as a result of Dylan has received a extremely distinctive manner of phrasing his lyrics—it’s very conversational. When you’ve received the phrasing, each every now and then you possibly can throw in a nod to that nasal twang.
Did Chalamet deal with it nicely?
I don’t assume anybody is ever going to sound precisely like Bob Dylan. With him, I believe if I have been to close my eyes and hear, I’d know that it wasn’t Dylan. However it’s definitely one of many higher impressions I’ve heard through the years, if not one of the best. It’s about as shut as you’re gonna get.
