Collider’s Steve Weintraub sat down with Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler to discuss the battle their characters will face. Dune – Part Two.
During the interview, Chalamet and Butler reminisce about their first meeting on set and the conditions they had to train to give their best for the film, which releases on February 28.
My biggest criticism of this film is that it isn’t four hours long. I needed to have it longer. I asked Denise about the deleted scenes and she told me that I would never see them, so I ask you directly, are there any scenes in the film, in the first or second half, that were not included in the final cut and did you A little sad that he wasn’t included in the film?
Chalamet : Not in this. Honestly, everything I’ve ever shot is there. in First part, was a sort of training sequence with Lady Jessica. It started with meditation, and there was a candle that we were practicing the vocals on, and it was a strange, almost psychedelic scene. Both of us had costumes and even our hair that was different from the rest of the film. It had all the hallmarks of something being cut. But it was just, like I said, a terrible, psychedelic scene that didn’t make the cut.
Butler : Wow. I want to see now. Most of what we have is in the film. There are other takes. We’ve done so many versions of things that I’d be curious to see other versions, but I like the movie just the way it is.
The reason I admire you both for the fight scenes between you is that I’ve seen too many action scenes where there are quick cuts every millisecond, and it drives me crazy. What I love about your sequence is that we get to see each of you and there are no quick cuts. Can you talk to us about the importance of doing it yourself and making it credible so that the public trusts what you’re selling?
Butler : We were lucky enough to have the best stunt team in the world, and we trained for months before we met before we went to Hungary. My training partner is called Alvin, then Roger Yuan came in and started getting more and more clear with us about what the fight was going to be. In a way, this fight has had many different incarnations. We met for the first time in the stunt room, and we fought right away, and we knew this fight was going to be really important. That’s kind of where we bonded, and I saw how hard Timothy worked.
Chalamet : But.
Butler : We wanted to bring out the best in each other and try to kill each other without hurting each other.
What is it like performing a monologue in another language?
Chalamet : It’s exciting. It’s probably the two days of filming that I’m looking forward to the most because you’re in a movie of this size, and even though you’re playing one of the main characters, the film and the story are more important than Paul in many ways, even though it’s Paul’s journey that be at the center of the film. So the days where he’s really at the forefront, and I’ve seen Austin who shot the Gladiators sequence at the top of the production schedule, and I’ve seen playbacks of that sequence and how convincing it is, and when I see Charlotte Rampling with Florence (Pugh). Good job, which he shot in Italy, I said to myself: “Now I want to show my height”. Doing it in a language that doesn’t exist and memorizing it in English is incredibly rewarding and even weird. We also did in English, but then he chose Chakobs, which I liked. It was even cooler, even if it was subtitled. This is a strong choice.
100%. (Butler) Your appearance in the film is unique. How much do you want to leave the set in this outfit, with this look, to go to a cafe and be anonymous?
Butler : (Laughs) A lot. That would have been really great.
I am very serious. I would have wanted to leave the set, because no one would have realized it was you.
Butler : No no. Especially with teeth and everything else.
Oh my god, this is amazing.
Chalamet : And if you are really friendly.
Butler : Yes, very nice. (laughs)
I would like to ask you a personal question. You’ve played Willy Wonka, Paul Atreides and you’re about to play Bob Dylan; Which of these roles, when you found out you were going to get them, really kept you up at night? “Oh my God, I’m going to do this” ?
Chalamet : Three. There is something special when you start on a 100% original story and you shine your flashlight in the dark and go for it. Willy Wonka, Paul Atreides and Bob Dylan are dangerous characters because, as I repeatedly said during the Willy Wonka press tour, people protect them rightly because they are already a big deal in the world. Cultural, even emotional for many. , and they don’t want you anywhere near it. It is understandable. I feel the same way about certain roles or characters in the public imagination, but… that’s the end of the reflection. I think I’ll make them anyway. (laughs)
Butler : You are brave.
