In the buildup to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, it appeared like Zendaya certain was gonna be in additional of it than she truly was. The trailers implied that her character Chani can be greater than a lady who haunts—or graces, relying in your POV—the desires of Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides, whereas the precise movie itself quite noticeably got here up brief in that regard. Fortunately, and maybe clearly, she’ll be far more of a personality within the sequel.

Speaking to Deadline for his or her cowl story on the shock field workplace hit, Zendaya promised that Chani’s story will explored far more within the upcoming second act. “I can be there for longer, which is cool,” she joked. Prior to being solid, and earlier than the movie had even begun casting, she’d thrown her title on the market — this may’ve been earlier than she headlined HBO’s Euphoria (and presumably had simply the one Spider-Man film underneath belt), and he or she knew she didn’t have something to essentially show she may very well be in a sci-fi movie.

Though her time on set was brief, she had nothing however constructive issues to say about her time filming in Jordan. “Denis is great at giving you structure, but then also giving you freedom within it,” she stated. “I could come to it with a sense of who Chani was…I felt immediately connected to her. I wish I had more time with her, and with everybody. I didn’t want to leave.” By the time she arrived in Jordan, she obtained to fulfill everybody already kitted out of their stillsuits, which was “a very cool way to be introduced to everyone, pretty much in their character essentially.”

Later within the cowl story, Chalamet himself is requested about Zendaya, and he went full spouse man mode. “Zendaya is Chani, and it’s incredible to witness,” he gushed. He described the scene of her pulling her masks down as a reasonably large deal, each within the movie and on set: “On the day, it was like, Holy shit, Chani has arrived.” Knowing that the love between Paul and Chani will dwell on and endure all through the books, he had some fairly glowing issues to say that ought to make followers of the novels joyful. “Not only was the relationship between us alive in Jordan, and not only does it live on the screen now, it was there just at the first chemistry read. It felt obvious.”

Dune: Part Two and Zendaya will come to theaters on October 20, 2023.

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