“PR has finally run out of ideas”: Netizens give mixed reactions to Timothée Chalamet arriving at movie premiere on a biked

Timothée Chalamet arrived at the red carpet event for the London premiere of A Complete Unknown movie on a Lime bike on January 14, 2025. The Academy Award nominee, who plays the protagonist in the biographical movie, was photographed in a black suit, a printed silk shirt, and black shoes atop a black and green bicycle.

@vanityfair on Instagram shared photos of Timothée Chalamet on the lime bike at the premiere. Mixed reactions trailed the post as one Netizen commented:

“PR has finally run out of ideas.”

Other comments shared similar sentiments as Netizens expressed that it was a marketing ploy for Lime bikes.

Other Netizens were confused about why the actor chose a bike for transportation and expressed the same in the comments.

Timothée Chalamet’s fans praised him for his role in A Complete Unknown and appreciated him for promoting the film.

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Timothée Chalamet revealed that he got fined $79 for riding the bike to A Complete Unknown movie premiere

The actor, who caused a stir by making a grand entrance at the movie premiere on a lime bike, spoke on the incident on Quotidien, a French talk show, on January 15, 2025.

In a report by People Magazine, published on January 16, 2025, the 29-year-old actor revealed that there was a traffic jam on the roads leading to the premiere venue, and after parking his bike, he got fined £65 or $79 because he wasn’t allowed to park at the event:

"There was a traffic jam and I actually wasn’t allowed to park there [at the premiere], and I got a £65 ($79) fine."

He added:

"And actually, it’s horrible because it was actually kind of an advert for them.”

Lime Bikes offers rides to subscribers of the Lime app for short-term use. Some of their transportation options include E-Scooters, E-Bikes, and Gen4 Seated E-Scooters. They are available in nearly 30 countries. In the United States, their services are available in New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Bloomington, Norfolk, and Boulder, amongst others.

Timothée Chalamet, who plays the celebrated singer and songwriter Bob Dylan in the movie A Complete Unknown, earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his role. He was also nominated for Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

In an interview with Rolling Stone on November 18, 2024, Timothée Chalamet spoke about the significance of the role and how he had prepared years before for the character:

"I had three months of my life to play Bob Dylan, after five years of preparing to play him. So while I was in it, that was my eternal focus.”

He added:

“I had to push the preparation, the bounds, almost to psychologically know I had pushed it.”

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A Complete Unknown premiered in Los Angeles on December 10, 2024, and was officially released in the United States on December 25, 2024.