Dune author Frank Herbert's script for an unmade adaptation contains some seriously weird additions
Mar. 26, 2024The sci-fi author penned the screenplay in the ’70s
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The weirdest moments involve Alia, Lady Jessica’s unborn child and Paul’s younger sister, a character largely omitted by Denis Villeneuve from his two-part adaptation of Herbert’s book. InDune: Part Two, she appears only in one scene, in one of Paul’s visions, andwe see her as an adult woman played by Anya Taylor-Joy.
There’s also a scene where House Atreides' swordmaster Duncan Idaho and Fremen leader Stilgar (characters played by Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem in Villeneuve’s movies) take on the Harkonnens together in battle. Evry says the scene is “ridiculous”, but, clunky exposition in their dialogue aside, we’d have liked to see that double act in action… Plus, fellow Atreides ally Gurney Halleck, played by Josh Brolin in Villeneuve movies, appears to have a Scottish accent in Herbert’s vision of the movie. Why not?
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