Robert Pattinson believes Zendaya helped him get cast in Dune: Part 3.
Robert Pattinson stars in Dune: Part 3
The 39-year-old actor stars with the Euphoria actress in The Drama and recalled discussing Denis Villeneuve’s epic franchise – in which Zendaya plays Chani – on the set of their movie and asking if it would be possible for him to work on the next film, but he will still surprised to receive a call about the project.
Speaking during the unveiling of the trailer for Dune: Part 3, Deadline reports Robert – who will play Scytale in the film – said to Zendaya: “I was talking to you on the set of The Drama. I was like, ‘Can I get in one of those Dune movies?’”
She quipped: “I know a guy.”
Robert continued: “It was a very unexpected call a few months later. And I kind of did think you had something to do with it.”
The British actor teased even he doesn’t know if his character is a good or bad guy.
He said: “[Scytale is] an unusual character in the book and when you can’t really tell who side he’s on, that’s what makes it quite interesting.
“I wouldn’t say he was a kind of conventional bad guy as such. I don’t think he is. He might even be a good guy. Who knows? I will also find out when I see the movie. It’s an extremely fun character to play and the look for it is quite Incredible. Extraordinary.”
Meanwhile, writer-and-director Denis revealed the movie takes place 17 years after the events of Dune: Part Two, and it is “very different” to the previous films in the series, though Timothee Chalamet’s Paul Atreides is still at the heart of the story.
He said: “It will be a very different film, very different — a Dune movie, but with a different tone, with a different rhythm, with a different pace.
“It’s a more action-packed and more tense film, more muscular than the two others, I will say.
“And it’s a movie that takes place many years after the two first films, a bit like the book, Dune Messiah, it gives a new insight on what happened to Paul Atreidis.
“So there’s a time gap, 17 years, where we see Paul dealing with the consequences of having too much power and him trying to figure out how to get out of this cycle of violence. And of course he’s an emperor who can see the future, so he’s kind of invincible.
“We will follow people trying to overthrow him. And it’s a quite intense story. But at the heart, it’s still a love story. The heartbeat of the film is still the relationship between Paul and Chani.”
The cast have been aged up to mark the passing of time and the director explained he opted for a “subtle” way of doing so.
He said: “Aging actors is more tricky and I decided to go with more in the subtle way in front of the camera, which is I work with Heike Merker, one of the best make-up artists in the world, and we work hard to bring these characters, to make them travel through time.”