Why Timothée Chalamet Should Win The Oscar For 'A Complete Unknown'!

Only a few days after landing his 2nd Oscar nomination, Timothée Chalamet hosted "Saturday Night Light" for the third time on January 25, pulling double-duty as host and musical guest. This appearance was his latest in his Oscar campaign for his film, A Complete Unknown, where he portrays legendary folk singer Bob Dylan. During his monologue, Chalamet reflected on all the times he has lost out on major awards, including the Oscar, over his career, and he asked the audience if he could read an unused acceptance speech for the crowd. In a comedic twist, "SNL" cast member Kenan Thompson was the actual recipient of this hypothetical award, and Chalamet was left the runner-up once again.

This bit poked fun at a recent interview with SiriusXM’s "The Morning Mash Up", where he opened up about what it’s like to lose at an awards show. “There’s nothing more uniquely hilarious...when you get home and tear up the little thing that you never had to use, and you think to yourself, ‘You narcissistic, arrogant prick. On what planet did you think you were gonna use this?'”

Chalamet has been nominated for Best Actor once before, in 2018 for his role in Call Me by Your Name, which he lost to Gary Oldman. But we think that the 97th Academy Awards could -- and should -- be the year he finally gets to read his Oscars acceptance speech.

Chalamet is currently nominated for Best Actor In a Leading Role for his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, making him the youngest 2-time Best Actor nominee since James Dean in the 1950s! The film, directed by James Mangold, is nominated for 8 awards total, including categories like Best Picture and Best Director. Chalamet also played a starring role in Dune: Part Two, which is up for 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Playing Bob Dylan, in our opinion, is the best role of his career. The film takes place in New York City in 1961, when 19-year-old Dylan arrives, determined to meet his idol, Woody Guthrie. We follow Dylan through his seemingly overnight success, encouraged by icons like Guthrie and Johnny Cash. Chalamet’s signature boyish charm is what really sells this movie. Dylan’s youth and zest for life combine to make him feel trapped in the industry, claustrophobic among all of the expectations being placed on him. Chalamet deftly performs this story of love, gain, loss, anger, and ambition. At the end, (spoilers?) when he drives off to his next adventure, no matter how you feel about his actions throughout the film, you’re left rooting for him, buoyed by the knowledge of his real-life success.

But perhaps the main reason Chalamet deserves the win is his downright epic preparation for and dedication to the role. Not content to just fake his way through playing a musician, Chalamet spent 5 years learning to play guitar and perfecting the signature Dylan singing voice, allowing him to play all the songs featured in the film live (as well as doing the same on "SNL" last weekend). Photos and videos of him practicing on the sets of Wonka and Dune began circulating online. For this dedication alone we think he deserves to be rewarded!

“Chalamet inhabits the loose-limbed, live-wire physicality of the young Bob Dylan and makes an impressively good fist of capturing the frayed hessian of his distinctive voice,” Wendy Ide of the UK Observersaid.

It’s a 5-star film, and after a career of Awards Season losses, it’s time for Chalamet to take home the gold. At the very least, we’d like to hear this acceptance speech!