Dune: Half Two, the upcoming sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 sci-fi epic based mostly on the Frank Herbert novels, is releasing in simply two weeks, however someway the group behind it saved one main star’s involvement a complete secret. In the course of the February 15 world premiere in London, The Queen’s Gambit actor Anya Taylor-Pleasure appeared on the crimson carpet to substantiate that she is, certainly, a member of the sequel’s forged. This got here after an eagle-eyed Letterboxd user noticed that Dune: Half Two was listed below Taylor-Pleasure’s credit on the evaluation aggregation app.
Selection confirmed that Taylor-Pleasure is part of the forged, which incorporates Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Zendaya as Chani, Rebecca Ferguson as Girl Jessica, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha, and lots of extra big Hollywood stars. However, Selection refused to “spoil” who Taylor-Pleasure is enjoying, and it doesn’t seem that anybody else is prepared to say who, both.
Besides me. Dune novel spoilers beneath, however let’s be actual, the e-book got here out in 1965.
Anya Taylor-Pleasure might be Alia Atreides in Dune: Half Two
First, an try at a quick Dune synopsis. Within the far future, an interstellar society is comprised of noble homes whose fiefdoms are whole planets. The Atreides household, led by Duke Leto (performed by Oscar Isaac in Dune: Half One), is ordered to take a harsh desert planet referred to as Arrakis as its new fief. Although the planet is just about inhospitable, it’s the solely supply of the extremely wanted useful resource referred to as “spice,” a psychedelic drug that’s utilized in area navigation. However as quickly because the Atreides household arrives on Arrakis, it’s clear that they’ve walked right into a lure set by the rival Home Harkonnen, who desires to wipe them out completely.
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As seen in Dune: Half One, the Harkonnens’ plan ends in Leto’s loss of life, and forces Paul and his mom, Jessica, to flee into the desert. It’s there that they arrive into contact withe the Fremen, Arrakis’ native individuals who have realized learn how to thrive (not simply survive) on the tough planet. There’s a complete messianic factor that I can’t even start to get into, however what’s vital right here with reference to Taylor-Pleasure is that this: Jessica is pregnant, and submits to the “spice agony,” a ritual the place she takes a lethal quantity of spice. As a result of she’s with little one, the infant is uncovered to the spice in utero, and is born possessing all of the information of a completely grown grownup.
Alia Atreides seems and appears like a baby, however is a full-blown Reverend Mom, the very best tier attainable amongst the Bene Gesserit (a matriarchal order that has non secular and political energy). In David Lynch’s Dune from 1984, Alia is performed by a baby actor, however I believe (particularly when seeing what Taylor-Pleasure wore to the premiere, and the way it compares to what Alia wears in Lynch’s movie) that Villeneuve has found out a approach to current Alia as an grownup.
I await affirmation that I’m right.