Edward Norton ‘almost cried’ over role in ‘A Complete Unknown’

Edward Norton, an American actor and director, sat down for an interview with CBS News to discuss his role in the film, A Complete Unknown.

Opposite Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dyland, he portrays the iconic musician, Pete Seeger.

Reflecting on the opportunity, he said, "I think every actor, some part of 'em wants to be a rock star, you know? I think every actor holds the dream in some sense. I mean, I almost started crying at the idea of it, because, well, I was nervous about it.”

“I was nervous about the whole enterprise. Because I thought the idea of a biopic about Dylan – if you just said it that way, I was, like, Oooh, like, I'm not sure. 'Cause to me, it has a mythical kind of place in me, and I thought, this could be really, really a bad idea,” he added.

The actor also had to take on learning the banjo to mirror the legendary singer, “Yeah, I made the joke that I googled, you know, 'Is there an AI that can replace my hands with Steve Martin's?' Or, you know, that thing where you put your arms behind your back and Steve Martin puts his hands under my armpits and does the playing for me? Which I'm not saying is not what happened, you know? It might have. Who knows?"

A Complete Unknown is still playing in select theaters and will become available for streaming on platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV on 25 February.