If Alex Garfin could have gotten away with it, he would have stolen Timothée Chalamet’s role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
“I would’ve kicked out Timothée Chalamet and played Bob Dylan,” Garfin, 21, playfully told Us Weekly during an exclusive interview while promoting Superman & Lois season 4. “That’s one thing — it would’ve been great. It was always my dream role.”
Garfin considers the “Like a Rolling Stone” singer, 83, to be a “genius” who writes songs that make you feel like you’ve “watched a movie.” Those are the kinds of traits he looks for in character, because he wants to get inside the mind of people who are “exceptional.”
While the Dylan role ultimately went to Chalamet, 28, he and Garfin come from a similar background, as they both attended NYC’s LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. The school’s other notable alumni include Jennifer Aniston, Adrien Brody, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina and Ansel Elgort.
“We were looking up to these guys,” Garfin said of Chalamet and Elgort, 30.
Now Garfin is on his way to inspiring future alumni, having scored the role of Jordan Kent (a.k.a. Superboy, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane) in Superman & Lois in 2021. After three years, the show is now in its fourth and final season, with the series finale set to air on Monday, December 2.
Alex Garfin. Stephen J Mihalchik
“I’m gonna miss a lot of the crew the most, just because I know that most likely all of us won’t be in the same room again,” Garfin said, adding that he’ll particularly miss Bitsie Tulloch, who plays Jordan’s mom, Lois Lane — and her daughter who visited the set. (Tulloch, 43, shares Vivian, 5, with husband David Giuntoli.)
“I just love that girl with all my heart,” Garfin told Us. “She always makes me art. I have it hanging on my wall at home. She’s really special.”
Timothée Chalamet is fully embracing his role of Bob Dylan as filming on the A Complete Unknown biopic officially starts. Chalamet, 28, was spotted filming the upcoming movie in New York City on Sunday, March 17, where he completely channeled Dylan, 82. Chalamet got into character in a pair of jeans, a brown jacket and […]
After embodying Superboy for the past few years, Garfin wants to play characters less introverted going forward. “I’d love to play something a little bit … just something a little more upbeat, a little more engaging,” he said, naming Beethoven and Charlie Chaplin as a couple of his other dream roles.
“I’m an extroverted guy,” Garfin explained. “Sometimes fans are scared when they meet me, which I feel really bad, you know? Because it’s a very down-low character, very sensitive. [The fans] come up to me and they’re all so sensitive. I’m like, ‘Hey guys!’ I would love to play something also a little opposite Jordan.”
Superman & Lois airs on The CW Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Travis Cronin
