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For more photos and details, head to Vanity Fair for the full piece. Women are very good at that, so why can't Kynes be a woman? Why shouldn't Kynes be a woman?”ĭune is currently slated to release December 18 in India and around the world. “This human being manages to basically keep the peace amongst many people. “What Denis had stated to me was there was a lack of female characters in his cast, and he had always been very feminist, pro-women, and wanted to write the role for a woman,” Duncan-Brewster said.
Instead of being a white man, Kynes is now played by a black woman in Sharon Duncan-Brewster ( Rogue One). It’s doubtful they’ll make a movie with ONLY these people in it, especially with a story as massive and environments as densely populated as DUNE.
Liet Kynes, an ecologist on Arrakis, the planet where Dune is set. And in that spirit, Villeneuve also gender-flipped the character of Dr. The first Dune trailer came out in September 2020. That meant giving more to Ferguson's character, Lady Jessica, who is Paul's mother and concubine to Duke Leto, played by Isaac. released the first look of Dune over a year ago in April 2020. Honestly, it's by far the most difficult thing I've done in my life.”įor the 52-year-old, who is self-proclaimed “very feminist”, it was also important to increase the visibility of female characters. This could be the biggest movie event of 2020and we. It's a world that takes its power in details.” He added: “It's a book that tackles politics, religion, ecology, spirituality-and with a lot of characters. From left: Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Timothe Chalamet, Zendaya, and Sharon Duncan-Brewster in Dune. Villeneuve said that he wouldn't have agreed to make Dune “with one single movie” because “the world is too complex. In a really grounded way, it was helpful to be in the stillsuits and to be at that level of exhaustion.” I forget what the exact number is, but you can't keep working. They put a cap on it out there, if it gets too hot. “The shooting temperature was sometimes degrees.
had to put on “thick, rubbery armour” called “stillsuits”. Part One is a 2021 American epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve with a. “I remember going out of my room at 2 a.m., and it being probably degrees,” Chalamet, who plays the lead character of Paul Atreides, told Vanity Fair. The pictures come with writer-director Denis Villeneuve talking about his approach to Dune, from expanding the role of women to tackling the book's myriad themes, and Chalamet pointing out how hot it was to film Dune in the deserts of Jordan and the UAE. has given us our first look at Dune - the first part of the adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 epic sci-fi novel of the same name - with new photos showcasing the characters played by stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem among others. With eight months to release, Warner Bros.