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How Timothée Chalamet Learned to Play Guitar as Bob Dylan

Timothée Chalamet's guitar tutor, Larry Saltzman, goes deep on a five-year journey that led to an Oscar nom — and a 'Saturday Night Live' performance

Larry Saltzman isn’t a guitar teacher by trade — he’s a high-end session pro who’s toured with Simon and Garfunkel, played in Saturday Night Live ‘s house band, and backed up artists from Jewel to Darlene Love to Celine Dion. But for the past decade or so, he’s been moonlighting as a tutor to A-list actors, most recently bringing Timothée Chalamet from near-zero guitar proficiency to the point where he was able to play for real as Bob Dylan in his Oscar-nominated A Complete Unknown performance — and serve double duty as SNL ‘s host and musical guest. My friend, [violinist] Sandy Park had recommended me to be the guitar teacher for Meryl Streep for the [2015] film Ricki and the Flash.

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