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‘A Complete Unknown’ Scene-Stealer Boyd Holbrook on Johnny Cash, Playing a Perfect Drunk and His ‘Morning Show’ Role
James Mangold's Bob Dylan biopic has a secret weapon: an unrecognizable Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash.
The early word on James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic “ A Complete Unknown ” has rightly centered around a tremendous Timothée Chalamet performance, and an exciting discovery in Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez. But there’s a dark horse hiding in this story of Dylan’s overnight success and controversial decision to use electric guitars in the mid-‘60s: an unrecognizable Boyd Holbrook playing Johnny Cash as you’ve never seen him. They interact mostly during the film’s centerpiece scene, a recreation of the Newport Folk Festival where Dylan captured hearts and, later, angered a devout swathe of music fans faithful to acoustic sounds.
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