HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK HERE ON "DUNE," THE DESERT PLANET WITH THE STARS OF
THE MOVIE "DUNE," TIMOTHEÉE CHALAMET AND ZENDAYA.
I SAID THIS TO DENIS THAT I THINK IT'S A PERFECT ADAPTATION,
THAT IT'S FAMOUSLY THE MOVIE THAT CAN'T BE ADAPTED AND, YET,
THERE IS NO ASPECT OF THE BOOK THAT I'M MISSING THAT ISN'T
INCLUDED ON SCREEN BECAUSE TO HAVE THE PATIENCE -- BECAUSE OF
THE PATIENCE AND THE SENSITIVITY HE TAKES IN APPROACHING THE
MATERIAL AND CREATING THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE BOOK.
WATCHING THE MOVIE FEELS, TO ME, WHAT IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
TO READ THE BOOK.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: I WAS COMPLETELY ABSORBED INTO AN ALIEN WORLD,
AND I SAID I HAD NO REFERENCE FOR WHAT HE WAS SHOWING US OTHER
THAN HIS OTHER FILMS.
THE SAME SORT OF PATIENCE AND THE ATMOSPHERE HE CREATES WITH
THINGS LIKE BLADE RUNNER 24-9 OR ARRIVAL.
DO EITHER OF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE DENIS VILLENUEVE FILM OTHER THAN
"DUNE"?
>> I THINK THEY SAID ARRIVAL.
I LIKE ALL THE OTHER STUFF, SMALLER MOVIES, BUT "ARRIVAL"
BLEW ME AWAY.
I FELT LIKE I HAD NEVER SEEN SOMETHING STRIKE THAT TONE.
IT FELT LIKE SEEING A CHRISTOPHER NOLAN MOVIE THE
FIRST TIME.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU HANDLE THE PRESSURE OF BEING PAUL
ATREIDES, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS RIDING ON YOUR SHOULDERS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO STRESS YOU OUT HERE, BUT IT REALLY IS.
EVERYTHING -- THE ENTIRE MOVIE SWIRLS AROUND THIS ONE
CHARACTER.
>> WELL, I WOULD SAY IT'S TWOFOLD.
ONE, I GOT REALLY LUCKY WITH DENIS IN THE CAST.
THAT'S NOT A DODGE, THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH.
HE MADE ME FEEL AT HOME, HE MADE ME FEEL WELL SUPPORTED, AND
INSPIRED ME WITH JASON AND EVERYONE ON A MOVIE OF THIS SIZE
EXCEPT ME WERE RELEASED IN A ROLE LIKE THIS, SO THEY HAD MY
BACK.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED IN THIS INDUSTRY, NOT THAT
THERE'S A LOT OF BAD PEOPLE BUT --
>> Stephen: THERE'S A LOT OF BAD PEOPLE.
READ THE NEWSPAPERS.
>> YEAH.
BUT THEN, SECONDLY, DENIS WAS VERY FOCUSED ON THE CHARACTER,
WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT PROPHECY OR THINGS LIKE THAT, MAYBE WHERE
THE CHARACTER GOES, BUT FINDING THE HUMANITY, THE INEXPERIENCE,
FINDING THE YOUNG MAN SMELLING HIS ARM PITS BECAUSE HE HASN'T
PUNT ON DEODORANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TRYING TO STAY
CLOSER TO ALMOST A FISH OUT OF WATER THAN ANY SORT OF, YOU
KNOW, NEOIN THE MATRIX TYPE OF THING.
I LOVE NEOIN THE MATRIX.
>> Stephen: HOW DO EACH OF YOU HANDLE THE TENSION OF THE FIRST
DAY ON SET?
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU DO TO, LIKE, RELAX YOURSELF WHEN YOU
FIRST GET THERE?
YOU KNOW, THE CAMERA HASN'T ROLLED YET ON THE VERY FIRST DAY
FOR YOU.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO HANDLE THAT PRESSURE?
>> OH, MAN.
>> Stephen: TELL FART JOKES.
EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD FART JOKE.
I DON'T KNOW, I CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK TO THAT IN THE SENSE THAT
I WAS COMING IN FOR FIVE DAYS ON THIS MASSIVE PRODUCTION, AND MY
FIRST DAY I, YOU KNOW, I'M LANDING IN QUITE LITERALLY WHAT
FELT LIKE IRAQ IS, RIGHT, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS ALREADY IN
THEIR COSTUME WHEN I MET THEM.
>> Stephen: IN JORDAN?
YES, IN JORDAN.
BUT EVERYBODY WAS IN THEIR COSTUME WHEN I GOT TO MEET THEM
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I WAS, LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, THIS IS REAL.
I WAS VERY INTIMIDATED.
AND TO THE THING YOU WERE SAYING, THE WORLD BUILDING, I
DIDN'T GET TO SEE ALL THE OTHER THINGS THEY HAD CREATED UP TO
THIS POINT.
SO WHEN I GOT TO SEE THE MOVIE, I WAS BLOWN AWAY, MY JAW WAS ON
THE FLOOR IN THE SAME WAY BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT OTHER
THINGS.
I JUST GOT TO WATCH IT AS A FAN.
AND, SO, BEING THERE ON THAT DAY WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS THE COOLEST
THING EVER, BUT I WAS NERVOUS.
BUT I WILL SAY -- >> COULDN'T TELL.
YOU'VE GOT TO PLAY IT COOL.
BUT THE THING THAT MADE ME NOT NERVOUS WAS THE ENERGY ON SET
WHICH I THINK COMES FROM THE TOP WHICH IS DENIS AND THIS GUY
RIGHT HERE, THEY SET THE TONE FOR IT TO BE A REALLY WARM
ENVIRONMENT.
EVERYBODY WAS SO LOVING.
WE HAD DANCE PARTIES.
THIS MAN TRAVELS AROUND WITH MUSIC EVERYWHERE, SO THERE WAS
MUSIC, THERE WAS JOKES, FART JOKES.
NO, BUT I MET, LIKE, A LIFELONG FRIEND AND WAS ABLE TO LEARN SO
MUCH IN THOSE FIVE DAYS.
SO I REALLY HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, WHICH ENDED UP BEING
REALLY COOL, SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO PULL OUT ANY KIND OF RITUAL TO
CALM MYSELF DOWN, EVERYBODY JUST ENDED UP BEING REALLY LOVELY,
WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH MORE TIMOTHEÉE CHALAME AND ZENDAYA.
I'M GOING TO ASK THEM ABOUT SHOOTING IN THE DESERT AND, OF
COURSE, CHAFING.
♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )