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Denis Villeneuve reveals his most painful cut from 'Dune: Part 2' adaptation

'There's always some kind of violence toward the original material," 'Dune: Part 2' Denis Villeneuve says. But here's the character he's most sad about cutting.

In 2021's Dune, we saw his powers in action when Duke Leto Atreides ( Oscar Isaac) wondered aloud how much money was spent on the imperial delegation announcing his new stewardship of Arrakis; Hawat's eyes rolled back into his head as he ran the numbers. Even as the film builds to a climactic macho confrontation between Paul and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen ( Austin Butler), we see Princess Irulan ( Florence Pugh) and Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam ( Charlotte Rampling) making contingency plans in the wings. If Villeneuve gets to fulfill his ambition of making a third film based on Herbert's Dune Messiah, we can expect to see more from the Bene Gesserit as they try to manipulate Paul's new imperial regime from within and without; both Irulan and Mohiam play major roles in that story.

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