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>> Stephen: FOLKS, AS I WAS SAYING, AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING
ALL ALONG, YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE SHOW THAT I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE MOVIE "DUNE" WHICH ARRIVES IN
THEATERS TOMORROW.
DIRECTED BY DENIS VILLENEUVE IT IS AWE-INSPIRINGLY BIG AND
BEAUTIFUL, WITH INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES FROM A TRULY
WONDERFUL CAST.
BUT TONIGHT, I GET TO DISCUSS THE FILM WITH ZENDAYA, AND
PAUL ATREIDES HIMSELF, TIMOTHEE CHALAMET.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> I WANT YOU TO DIE WITH HONOR.
THIS KNIFE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY GREAT AUNT.
IT'S MADE FROM A TOOTH OF SHILOOD, THE GREAT SAND WARRIOR.
THIS WILL BE A GREAT HONOR FOR YOU TO DIE HOLDING IT.
>> WHERE'S THE OUTWORLDER!
JONAS IS A GOOD FIGHTER.
HE WON'T KNOW YOU SUFFERED.
>> STEPHEN: NOW, I WAS SO EXCITED TO TALK TO TIMOTHEE
AND ZENDAYA THAT, WHEN I FOUND OUT THEY COULDN'T GET TO
NEW YORK CITY, I DIDN'T CARE.
INSTEAD, I AGREED TO MEET THEM ON NEUTRAL TERRITORY-- THE
PLANET ARRAKIS.
JIM?
♪♪ >> Stephen: HELLO!
TIMOTHEÉE!
ZENDAYA!
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE?
( ECHOING ) DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D
LIKE TO PROMOTE?
OH, HEY!
HEY, GUYS!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MEETING ME OUT HERE ON ARRAKIS, DUNE,
DESERT PLANET.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ALMOST LIKE SPIRITUAL PARTNERS, THESE TWO
CHARACTERS, AND IT'S COMPLETELY BELIEVABLE.
YOU GUYS HAVE EXTRAORDINARY CHEMISTRY WITH EACH OTHER.
DID YOU GUYS KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE YOU SHOT THIS FILM?
>> I THINK WE FIRST REALLY MET WHEN WE HAD A CHEMISTRY READ
TOGETHER.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS A CHEMISTRY READ?
EDUCATE ME.
>> HOW WOULD YOU -- IT'S JUST A -- IT'S LIKE WHEN
SOMEONE WHO'S USUALLY ALREADY CAST READS WITH OTHER ACTORS TO
SEE IF THERE IS A CHEMISTRY THAT WOULD --
>> ENSUE.
-- ENSUE TO THUS CAST -- TO THUS CAST THE FILM
CORRECTLY.
WHEN ZENDAYA CAME IN, SE CRUSHED IT.
SHE'S CHANI.
SHE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE MOVIE.
JASON PLAYS DUNCAN IDAHO.
JASON AND ZENDAYA ARE MY FAVORITE PARTS.
THEY TOTALLY BLOW EVERYONE AWAY ON THE SCREEN.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> Stephen: TIMOTHEÉE SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY FELT IT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU, THE CHEMISTRY READ?
>> I WAS ON THE MORE NERVOUS SIDE OF THINGS.
HE ALREADY HAD THE JOB.
I WAS WALKING TO A ROOM WHERE I KNEW DENNY WOULD BE AND I KNEW
HE WOULD BE AND I'M OBVIOUSLY A FAN OF BOTH OF THEIR WORK AND
HAVE ADMIRED THE -- YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE CONSISTENT, BEAUTIFUL,
YOU KNOW, WORK THAT THEY'VE CONTINUED TO PUT OUT OVER THE
YEARS AND, SO, YEAH, I WAS NERVOUS.
OBVIOUSLY, I WAS NERVOUS.
>> DIDN'T YOU JUST HAVE SURGERY OR SOMETHING?
>> YEAH, I HAD MY WISDOM TEETH TAKEN OUT.
IT WAS A WEEK BEFORE.
IT TAKES A WHILE.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH MY FACE WILL SWELL, THAT WILL BE A
THING.
>> Stephen: DID YOU STILL HAVE COTTON PACKED IN YOUR SOCKETTES
OR ANYTHING?
>> THANKFULLY I WAS GONE BUT I HAD A FEAR I WAS GOING TO GET
DRY SOCKET.
>> WHAT IS DRY SOCKET?
>> Stephen: I THINK IT'S AN INFECTION WHERE THEY HAVE TAKEN
THE WISDOM TEETH OUT AND IT'S PAINFUL.
>> THEY SAID IT WILL MAKE YOUR MOUTH STINK.
THAT WAS MY BIGGEST FEAR IS IF I GET THIS DRY SOCKET THING AND
WHAT IF I HAD THIS HORRIBLE BREATH AND THEY COME TO ME AND
WE HAVE THESE INTIMATE SCENES BETWEEN CHANI AND PAUL AND HE'S
JUST MEETING ME AND MY BREATH IS JUST REEKING, THAT WOULD BE MY
BIGGEST FEAR.
BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND HERE WE ARE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE TO KISS IN A CHEMISTRY READ?
>> NO.
!
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
NO!
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> BUT YOU HAVE TO BE IN THEIR FACE.
SO I WAS DEFINITELY AFRAID THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
>> Stephen: TIMOTHEÉE, IS IT TRUE THAT YOU SAID A GOOGLE
ALERT FOR "DUNE" WHEN YOU HEARD THE MOVIE WAS BEING MADE?
>> YES.
I WAS DREAMING OF WORKING WITH DENIS LIKE ANY ACTOR WOULD
BECAUSE HE'S THE BEST DIRECTOR.
I HAD AUDITIONED FOR A PART IN PRISONER BUT I DIDN'T GET IT.
I SHOULD GET OVER MY BITTERNESS OVER THAT BUT I CAN'T HELP IT.
ONCE I HEARD HE WAS WORKING ON IT, I HEARD LEGENDARY STUDIO WAS
TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND SAID, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD ONE FOR YOU,
THEN I HAD A GOOGLE ALERT AND SAW WHAT THE ACTING PROGRESSION
WAS LIKE.
I WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO PUT MYSELF IN FRONT OF DENIS
VILLENUEVE.
>> Stephen: HOW FAMILIAR WERE BOTH OF YOU WITH THE BOOK?
>> I REMEMBER BEING AT MIDTOWN COMICS ON 40th AND 7th WHEN
I WAS TEN GETTING DENIS VILLENUEVE CARDS.
I REMEMBER SEEING A GRAPHIC NOVEL OF "DUNE" WHICH WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL VERSION BUT THAT'S WHERE THE SEED WAS
PLANTED.
>> Stephen: ZENDAYA, HAD YOU READ THE BOOK BEFORE?
>> KIND OF SIMILAR TO YOU, BEFORE THE FILM KIND OF CAME
AROUND, I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I HEARD THAT IT WAS
HAPPENING AND I HEARD YOU WERE DOING IT AND DENNY WAS DOING IT
AND I WAS, LIKE, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A DREAM.
THEN I WAS TALKING TO MY MOM ABOUT IT AND SHE WAS, LIKE, THIS
IS ONE OF YOUR GRANDFATHER'S FAVORITE BOOKS, HE'S HAD ALL OF
THEM.
I WAS, LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S WHY I KNOW THIS SEEMS SO FAMILIAR TO
ME.
SO, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL IT CAME FULL CIRCLE
IN THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: IT'S HARD TO EXPRESS THE FEELING WHEN ONE OF
MY FAVORITE BOOKS I'M LEARNING IS ONE OF YOUR GRANDFATHER'S
FAVORITE BOOKS.
( LAUGHTER ) I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO
SAY FATHER.
I WAS REALLY HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO SAY FATHER.
>> NO, NO, HE WAS OLDER WHEN HE CAME OUT.
>> Stephen: OKAY, GOOD.
HE WASN'T VERY YOUNG, BUT HE LOVED THE BOOK, WHICH I FEEL
MANY PEOPLE DO.
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE TIMOTHEÉE CHALAME
AND ZENDAYA.
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