I imagine it wouldn’t be too hard to flirt with Timothée Chalamet, but maybe in character that’s another story.
For the highly anticipated Dune: part twofans have a lot to look forward to, especially since it’s been revealed that in addition to new characters and epic visionary action sequences, there will also be an epic and blossoming space romance between Zendaya Chani’s character and Paul Atreides by Timothée Chalamet.
Director Denis Villeneuve describes the film as “an epic action film about war”. However, he pointed out to Vanity Fair, “The epicenter of the story is this relationship,” and capturing the “spark” between the two characters was integral. “If we don’t have that on screen, there’s no film,” he said.
In the same interview, Zendaya said, “It was fun trying to figure out in this futuristic space talk, like, how do they flirt?” She continued, “What does it look like for a space warrior and the young duke of a planet? How do they show they love each other? What does it look like?”
“Awkward and uncomfortable, there’s all those things,” Zendaya revealed. “I was like, is Chani getting awkward? Does this happen to her? Does she know what this is like? she wondered.
“Zendaya is a fierce warrior. [Her character] has a very strong opinion about his world, about the politics of this world, about religions and all the impact of colonization on their culture, but there is something about this young man that breaks his heart,” explained Dennis.
“And Timothy,” added Denis,[He] did a great job of bringing that sincerity to the screen.
And there was also the question of time when it came to creating that “spark”. What might have helped — and added pressure — were the pros and cons of filming during the “magic hour,” a small slice of time just after sunset that produces a golden wash.
“There’s kind of a timer,” Zendaya said of the experience. But the advantage was that by coming back to the set over several days, they could think about how to approach it differently each time. “Every time we revisited it, we kind of had to sleep on it and think about it, and come up with a new set of ideas.”
“I think we can all identify with love,” Zendaya added. “These characters literally live on another planet, don’t they? They are aliens. It was interesting to find these tender moments in such tumult and chaos. These characters are just young people forced into really, really intense circumstances.
Also, don’t forget that the new characters of the Dune universe will be interpreted by Austin Butler, Florence Pugh and Léa Seydoux!
Dune: part two is set to release on November 3, 2023.
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