Well Jessica Atreides is the bound concubine of the Duke Leto Atreides
She is the mother of Paul
She is also Bene Gesserit trained
She is a character that runs through, well, most of the story
She undergoes quite an interesting journey herself
from being a very... what can I say, hang on...
She and the Duke have been together for a very long time
and their love is very very strong
and she was told to have a daughter.
That she would become the partner of the Duke, that she would have a daughter,
and this daughter would then be married to some Harkonnen heir
and maybe end the feud finally
She decided to go against this training
this generations of work that has gone into planning this moment.
She had a son instead because she loved the Duke so much and he wanted a son
and that's sort of where we're at when we begin the story
where we first meet her she is in this place where she's gone against
the very thing she's been born and bred to do because of this enormous love
and her journey through the story is sort of what happens
because of that one and only decision she made on her own behalf
for him and her, for their love.
I'd never done any science fiction before
I had, I mean, I thought it might be something like Star Wars or...
but it's not, at all.
It has resonances but it's a very good story
I was a very interested on how philosophical it could be, or you know
there are many other things in there that he's writing about that ...
sort of new paradigm thoughts.
Which I was surprised at, I thought maybe he might be a hippy, Frank Herbert!
Well, enourmously, I mean Vittorio Storaro is such a master of his craft.
You can ... I'm just waiting for any anything that he'll suggest
because he has such wonderful ideas and he only thinks about the frame
it doesn't mean anything if it's not within the frame
its very stimulating beginning around somebody who is that experienced
as in any walk of life.
He was a huge factor for me in accepting such a huge job
Such a large and undertaking the fact that Storaro was shooting this
ws an enormous pull for me to be involved in this project
on something I've never done before
I was very curious to see how someone like him worked
I've worked with Alec all the way through this I think
we have more to do with each other than anybody, we're still very good
friends so that says something about our working relationship
It's brilliant it's been wonderful
I mean it sounds such as cliche but the people are great
Well he's a very nice man
and I'm curious to how he stays so human under such stressful conditions
but he is still extremely approachable, you can talk to him about almost anything
He's great company, very patient and he's been a godsend really
I don't think this shoot would have been as happy
as it is if he hadn't been directing it.