But the messaging was still similar.

Mangold co-wrote the script with Jay Cocks.

A Complete Unknown has eightOscar nominationsincluding for Chalamet as Best Actor and Best Picture.

Timothée Chalamet speaks at the “A Complete Unknown” press conference during the 75th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Grand Hyatt Hotel on February 14, 2025 in Berlin, Germany

Timothée Chalamet on Friday in BerlinAndreas Rentz/Getty Images

Throughout this afternoons presser Chalamet was quizzed by multiple journalists on his artistic process and how he chooses roles.

Im just trying to find a fantastic director to work with, he said.

These characters are basically different.

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So I couldnt say its a much more complicated process than that.

I wish I could give you a more pretentious answer, but its just not the truth.

As an actor, one must stay stay loose and un-self-serious in your work, he said.

Searchlight released the film at Christmas domestically and has sincepassed $100 million at the global box office.

The movie is now Searchlight Pictures No.