'A Complete Unknown' trivia and fun facts
Fined
Timothée Chalamet got a $73 fine after riding a rental bike to the London premiere to beat traffic. He didn't park it properly - on the red carpet.
His instrument
For his role as folk singer Pete Seeger, Edward Norton played Seeger's actual Martin 12-string acoustic guitar with its distinctive triangular soundhole.
He can be proud
With this film and Dune: Parte dos , Timothée Chalamet is the first actor to play the lead in multiple Best Picture Academy Award-nominated films in the same year since Brad Pitt in 2011, with 'Moneyball' and 'The Tree of Life'.
Singers
Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro and Boyd Holbrook did all their own singing in the movie.
Title Change
The original title for this film was "Going Electric".
Her comeback
Elle Fanning's first new movie role in 4 years.
Real person
Edward Norton was the first cast member to muster up the courage to reach out to the real Joan Baez for advice, interested in what the real Pete Seeger was like and her friendship with him. He then passed on word to Monica Barbaro that Baez was willing to speak with her.