Timothee Chalamet was the "only choice" to play Paul Atreides in 'Dune', reveals director

Dune is a much-anticipated upcoming epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve. It features Timothée Chalamet as lead, Paul Atreides is also a part of  stellar cast. w, filmmaker revealed that Chalamet was his only choice to portray character.

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Timothée Chalamet was first and only choice to play Paul Atreides in Dune

In a recent interview with GQ, Dune director Denis Villeneuve disclosed why he cast Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides. He said that actor was “first and only choice” to play lead.  He furr added that actor has a “deep, deep intelligence” in eyes and it is something one cant fake. Calling Chalamet a brilliant kid, director asserted that he is very intellectual, very strong and people could see that in eyes.

Denis Villeneuve added that at same time, Timothée Chalamet looks so young on camera. He mentioned that sometimes 24-years-old actor looks almost 14-years-old. filmmaker stated that he has this kind of general youth in his features and contrast with old-soul quality in his eyes. He ted that he is a kid who kws more about life than his .

Praising Timothée Chalamet furr, Dune director said that he has beautiful charisma of a rock star. He stated that it is similar to his character, Paul Atreides, who leads whole population of a planet later. filmmaker asserted that Chalamet has that kind of instant charisma onscreen which people can find only sometimes in Old Hollywood stars from ‘20s. He ted that re is something of romantic beauty to actor. Denis Villeneuve mentioned that for him Timothée Chalamet is Paul Atreides. It was a big relief that he agreed to do film because director had "plan B".

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Dune cast has Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica; Oscar Issac as Duke Leto Atreides; Zendaya as Chani; Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck; Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho; and Javier Bardem as Stilgar. It also includes Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen; Dave Bautista as Glossu Rabban; David Dastmalchian as Piter De Vries; Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat; Charlotte Rampling as Gaius Helen Mohiam; Chang Chen as Dr Wellington Yueh; and Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Dr Liet-Kynes. movie is based on Frank Herbert’s 1965s vel of same and is a reboot of 1984 movie with same name. Dune is currently scheduled to release on October 1, 2021.

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