By akademiotoelektronik, 19/12/2022

Dune - Timothée Chalamet: "I only shot two scenes on a green background!"

After the aborted attempt of Alejandro Jodorowsky and the adaptation of David Lynch in 1984, Denis Villeneuve attacked with passion for the literary masterpiece of Frank Herbert, Dune.Scheduled for December 23, 2020, this new version finally showed its first images in a trailer unveiled yesterday.

For the occasion, Allociné met the director Denis Villeneuve and his main actor, Timothée Chalamet, who has become a world star since the success of Call me by your name.The Canadian, known for works like Prisoners, Sicario or Blade Runner 2049, has been passionate about Dune since the age of 14.""It's really an epic that I wanted to put in pictures at all costs,"" said the filmmaker.

He then returns to the choice of Timothée Chalamet to camp Paul Atreides, the protagonist of Dune: ""I chose him to play Paul because of the impressive intelligence that we read in his gaze: it is an"" old soulAnd I have the impression that he had several previous lives who explain who he has become today.And at the same time, he seems so young on the screen.I like this contrast between an ancient soul and a body of a young man full of energy, ""says the Canadian.

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The director also evokes the film sets.One of its conditions to carry out this challenge was to film most of the scenes in the desert, in real sets.""I wanted to plunge my actors into a more true than life environment.It's like the teeth of the sea: they did not shoot in a swimming pool!The film is called Dune and you must therefore feel the infinite of this desert which takes place in front of you.For me dune, it is the tragedy of a family crossing an upheaval of their environment.This is a film about the ability we have to adapt to any extreme situation ... a bit like what we are going through at the moment, ""analyzes the filmmaker.

As for Timothée Chalamet, he only discovered the literary work from the moment Denis Villeneuve signed as a director.""I was intrigued and I was immediately won over by reading these adventures.I loved his way of making this film because, you will not believe me, but I only shot two scenes on a green background!Everything else really exists around me.It was a grand production!It was an almost spiritual experience for me.Finding myself in these gigantic sand decorations, these fantastic costumes ... What an unforgettable experience "", enthuses the actor.

For the interpreter of Paul Atreids, this film is a metaphor for the difficulty of going to adulthood.""I can only identify myself with this passage, especially at the moment.As my character says: ""Fear is what kills the mind"".""

Interview by Emmanuel Itier in Los Angeles on September 9, 2020.