Stellan Skarsgård is praising the “huge units” behind “Dune: Part Two” as another excuse why sensible results trump inexperienced screens.
The actor in contrast the upcoming Denis Villeneuve-helmed sequel to the “Star Wars” Disney+ collection “Andor” throughout an interview with Entertainment Weekly. The “Andor” manufacturing built an entire outdoor city for the collection, just like the large-scope sensible results behind “Dune.”
“I used to be very completely satisfied to be in that type of ‘Star Wars’ universe and never like in lots of movies, the place you’re simply within the world of green screens,” Skarsgård stated. “As a result of it impacts you bodily when you’ve gotten the set. You may’t deny that. It was the identical factor with the units on ‘Dune.’ They’re bodily there, these huge units, and you’re feeling it in your physique. You progress in another way.”
He added, “We had all of Ferrix constructed up as this metropolis. It’s very thrilling.”
“Dune: Half Two” is about to open in theaters November 3. Lead star Chalamet admitted he was “blindsided” by the manufacturing scale of the primary “Dune” film. Director Villeneuve additionally teased that the completely IMAX-shot sequel is the “fundamental course” of the epic sci-fi saga, in comparison with the “appetizer” of the debut film.
“‘Half Two’ is extra action-packed, epic conflict film, way more bulk, way more dance,” Villeneuve stated during 2023 CinemaCon. He added that whereas this can be a resurrection of Arrakis, the movie options completely new units and designs.
Skarsgård performs the villain Baron Vladimir Harkonnen within the “Dune” movies, spending much of his time on set in the makeup chair to swimsuit up for the character’s sinister, ink-black look. Becoming a member of him within the solid this time are Christopher Walken, Florence Pugh, and Austin Butler, together with the common solid of “Dune: Half One.”
“Dune: Half One’s” units earned the movie the Academy Award for Greatest Manufacturing Design.
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