Mick Jagger wasn’t incorrect when he mentioned Bob Dylan didn’t wish to be on the 2025 Oscars.
The Rolling Stones frontman, 81, introduced Finest Authentic Track on the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday and claimed that producers “wanted” Dylan, 83, to do the job as a substitute of him, however Dylan declined.
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Dylan was invited to each current and carry out on the Oscars — however he mentioned no to each presents.
The Submit has reached out to Dylan’s rep for remark.
Dylan was the topic of the 2024 movie “A Complete Unknown” that includes Timothée Chalamet within the lead function. The biopic was nominated for eight Oscars together with Finest Image, Finest Actor and Finest Director (for James Mangold), however misplaced in each class.
Through the ceremony, Jagger cracked a joke about Dylan when he got here onstage to current Finest Authentic Track, which went to “El Mal” from “Emilia Perez.”
“I wasn’t the first choice to give this award out. The producers wanted Bob Dylan to do it, but Bob didn’t want to,” mentioned Jagger. “Bob Dylan won’t do it because he said the best songs in a movie this year were in ‘A Complete Unknown.’”
Jagger added, “Bob said, ‘You should find somebody younger.’ I said, ‘OK, I’m younger. I’m younger than Bob, I’ll do it.’ So, here I am.”
Host Conan O’Brien additionally poked enjoyable on the “Blowin’ in the Wind” singer throughout his opening monologue.
“To play Bob Dylan, Timothée Chalamet learned how to sing,” the comic mentioned. “In fact, the singing was so good he almost lost the part.”
“Dylan wanted to be here tonight, but not that badly,” O’Brien added.
For enjoying Dylan, Chalamet, 29, was nominated for Finest Actor however misplaced to “The Brutalist” star Adrien Brody.
However Chalamet did win the SAG Award for Finest Actor final month and acknowledged Dylan in his speech.
“I poured everything I had into portraying this incomparable artist, Mr. Bob Dylan, a true American hero, and it was the honor of a lifetime playing him,” the actor mentioned.
Dylan, who has stepped away from the general public eye, gave his stamp of approval to Chalamet’s efficiency within the biopic final 12 months with a supportive message on X (previously Twitter).
“There’s a movie about me opening soon called ‘A Complete Unknown’ (what a title!). Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role,” the famed singer wrote in December.
“Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me,” he added.
Chalamet was blown away by Dylan’s praises. “Floored. I am so grateful. Thank you Bob,” he wrote again.
Whereas Dylan was circuitously concerned with “A Complete Unknown,” the director beforehand advised Rolling Stone that he sat down with the icon on varied events earlier than filming started.
“Bob would have these one-off lines that were so fantastic,” Chalamet advised the outlet in a joint interview with Mangold, 61. “Jim has an annotated Bob script lying around somewhere. I’ll beg him to get my hands on it. He’ll never give it to me.”
