Overview
- At the Los Angeles trailer reveal, Robert Pattinson said he asked Zendaya about joining the franchise and believes she helped pave the way for his casting.
- Pattinson confirmed he plays Scytale and described the role as morally ambiguous rather than a straightforward villain.
- Writer-director Denis Villeneuve said Part Three takes place 17 years after Part Two and will carry a more action-packed, tense, and muscular tone.
- Villeneuve noted the cast were subtly aged to reflect the time gap using practical makeup led by Heike Merker.
- Zendaya said the Dune films have defined her twenties and called Florence Pugh’s performance in the new film “absolutely phenomenal.”