alongside timothee chalamet as bob dylan. ♪ the answer my friend is blowing in the wind ♪ >> joan baezt see you and how joan herself might interpret your performance? >> i was terrified. i wanted to do her justice and i also wanted to perfect her sound and make it as close as i possibly could to being her so she was accurately represented. >> you posted on instagram you finally got to meet joan baez in person. what was that like? >> it was amazing. i was lucky to see her on stage before i was in person with her, so by the time we were sort of backstage, i had, like, kind of calmed down a bit and we just -- we gave each other a big hug. >> whit: prior to landing the role barbaro had never been a singer or guitar player and had just months to learn. >> i really didn't have a knack for guitar and so i just was, like, morning, noon, and night. i spoke with joan. she said i'd fall asleep with my guitar and then i would like wake up in the morning and keep playing and i was, like, i've done that too. like i did the same thing throughout making this movie. ♪ if her hair hangs long ♪ ♪ that's

he found this clip particularly insightful, dylan performing on stage with joan baez with whom he'd hadthe footnotes of history that wasn't particularly, let's say faithful with joan. so, i get it from the perspective he's having such a laugh. on youtube you can play things at .5 speed or .7 speed. and that's when i really slowed down. it's fascinating the way bob observes her and refuses eye contact in that video. >> this is chalamet's version with monica barbaro playing joan baez. ♪ no, no, no ♪ ♪ it ain't me babe ♪ ♪ it ain't me you're looking for babe ♪ >> you weren't trying to imitate -- >> no. that was the intention for me doing a biopic on somebody so well known, where does my heart and soul fit into this? can it fit into this particularly with somebody that's so masked. >> i put myself into the place, but i'm a stranger there. >> to connect with what might be behind dylan's mask, chalamet disconnected from his own life for the two and a half months of filming. he wouldn't use his cell phone or have visitors on set. >> i never approached a character so intensely as bob. i had suc

she's nominated for an oscar for her portrayal of bay area resident and iconic musician joan baez. >>st keep, like, entering these spaces that feel like, you know, a different era and it's so fun. the oscars are such a special experience. i just try to stay so present. i'm so excited that this film has eight nominations, and i think they're all so well deserved, and i'm just so proud of everybody. so yeah, just rooting for each other and getting to see all the people i've gotten to meet along the way. and the other magnificent films. >> see, this is why i should not be nominated for anything, because if you ask me that, i'd be like, i'm not rooting for anyone. yeah, i'm rooting for me and i really hope i win. >> i hope everyone else loses. >> thank you. barbaro signed autographs for fans. they're also treated to some special movie merchandise. by the way, disney's the parent company of abc seven and searchlight pictures, which distributed a complete unknown. >> okay, so monica barbaro and joan baez talked extensively by phone during the filming of the movie, and it wasn't until this p

. ♪ >> reporter: and monica barbaro portraying joan baez in "a complete unknown". >> an iconic folk singerd how joan herself might interpret your performance? >> i was terrified. i wanted to do her justice. i also wanted to perfect her sound and make it as close as i possibly could to being here so he was accurately represented. >> the 97 academy awards a week from tomorrow. lindsey and i will both be cohosting the oscars preshow beginning at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. >>> i'm whit johnson in new york. thank you so much for joining us. hope you'll tune back in tomorrow morning on "gma." good night. alfonso: hi, i'm alfonso ribeiro, and today, we're heading deep into the world of forests. would you care to join us? today on "jack hanna's passport", travel along as jack returns a grizzly to a forest in montana... jack: man, i don't want to screw this up.

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