Denis Villeneuve’s Most Painful Dune 2 Cut Gets Candid Response From Thufir Hawat Actor

Warning: This submit comprises some spoilers for the Dune guide.

Stephen McKinley Henderson addresses his function being minimize from Dune: Half Two. Within the first Dune movie directed by Denis Villenueve, Henderson performs Thufir Hawat. He’s a Mentat, primarily a human pc, who loyally serves Home Atreides throughout the reign of Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac). Hawat acts as an advisor, a army strategist, and as a mentor determine for Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet). Hawat’s function from the unique novel by Frank Herbert was minimize down within the first movie in comparison with the supply materials, with the sequel as soon as anticipated to do extra along with his character.

As a substitute, Hawat was minimize from Dune: Half Two fully, though Henderson explains to Leisure Weekly that he did movie a number of scenes. He’s not bitter about his function being faraway from the ultimate minimize, and is each understanding of the adjustments made and grateful to have had the expertise. His focus is now on his subsequent movie, the upcoming Civil Battle, directed by Alex Garland, during which he performs a distinguished function as a journalist. Learn Henderson’s feedback under:

I shot stuff for them and had a good time with Denis and Austin Butler. I received to have a pleasant lunch with Christopher Walken. It was an excellent factor to be part of, and I perceive it comes with the territory. Denis needed to do the movie that he needed to do. So I simply love being part of it. No regrets. Denis informed me months in the past that he needed to make that minimize. It wasn’t like I came upon final week or something. However what I used to be considering was, ‘Man, I received Civil Battle.’ Fairly truthfully, this was the one which I used to be most trying ahead to.

What Occurred To Thufir Hawat In The Ebook?

Within the novel, Hawat survives the bloodbath of Home Atreides and is compelled to serve Home Harkonnen after their Mentat Piter De Vries (David Dastmalchian) is killed throughout Duke Leto’s assassination try in opposition to Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård). Throughout this time, Hawat is being secretly poisoned by the Baron, but can be given the antidote, holding him in a state during which he’s extra compliant to serve the Baron. Hawat does what he can to harm the Harkonnens from inside by sowing division between the Baron and his nephew Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler).

Henderson’s reference to filming with Butler means his scenes featured Hawat and Feyd-Rautha collectively. This takes place over the course of two years within the guide, whereas Dune: Half Two‘s timeline is compressed to a matter of months. Throughout this time within the guide, Hawat continues to consider that Woman Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) was the one who betrayed Home Atreides, not realizing that it was truly Dr. Wellington Yueh (Chang Chen). Hawat’s suspicions are a major a part of his storyline within the first half of the guide that was minimize from the primary Dune.

He additionally helps the Harkonnens struggle again in opposition to Muad’Dib, unaware that this particular person is definitely Paul. After studying that Paul is Muad’Dib, Hawat takes his personal life, horrified that he’d been working in opposition to Paul, however joyful within the information that Paul and, by extension, Home Atreides survived. His final act permits him to serve Home Atreides one remaining time as an alternative of collaborating within the scheme the Baron had deliberate for him. Dune: Half Two rigorously balances many narrative components, however for higher or worse, Hawat just isn’t considered one of them.

Supply: EW