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Does Christopher Walken Know He’s in a Dune Movie?
Amid the telepathic fetuses and gigantic sandworms, Dune Two gives us something even more otherworldly — an emperor who talks like a guy from Queens.
These lines are best delivered with maximum brow-furrowing: “A great man doesn’t seek to lead … [ lowered chin, steely glare, vaguely Middle Eastern orchestral sting] he is called to it.” You can be slithery, like David Dastmalchian’s Piter de Vries (a name that makes me wonder what Frank Herbert had against Dutch people); bombastic, like Dave Bautista’s Rabban; or imperious, like Stellan Skarsgård’s Baron. Throughout Dune Two, I was reminded of the recent Super Bowl commercial, in which Walken attempts to perform a variety of mundane tasks only to be interrupted by passersby who can’t help showing off their impressions of him.
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