Rebecca Ferguson Promises That Dune: Part Two Won’t Take The Easy Route

Once “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Barbie,” and “Oppenheimer,” are out the way, “Dune: Part Two” will have its turn at bringing out audiences to the multiplex. And with all the talk of how the first movie was basically scene-setting for the extravaganza of a second installment, it very well could be a bigger hit than its predecessor.

It doesn’t hurt that Rebecca Ferguson, who plays Paul Atreides’ mother, Lady Jessica, is talking about the film as if it’s going to redefine movie-making. The star of Apple TV+’s post-apocalyptic neo-noir “Silo,” recently spoke to Collider about “Dune: Part Two,” saying:

“It’s so f***ing good. I get emotional talking about it because I love Denis [Villeneuve] and I love Greig [Fraser, cinematographer] and I love the team. But dude, number one is phenomenal and big and grandiose, and then you go close-ups and the imagery and the acting. Yeah, it’s all great. It’s f***ing nothing compared to number two. Number two, it’s like a f***ing gut punch. It’s unreal.”

Hey, if the number of “f***s” is any indication, we’re in for a wild ride with “Dune: Part Two.” After talking in such grandiose terms, however, Ferguson did admit she hasn’t “seen the film,” so this is all based on her having read the script, seeing some of the footage, and obviously acting in her scenes.

Still, that should have given her a pretty comprehensive idea of how things are going to play out in the “Dune” follow-up (it’s definitely not a sequel, according to Villeneuve), especially since she admitted visiting the set when she wasn’t filming just to “see the setups.” The actor also witnessed new cast additions Austin Butler and Christopher Walker doing their thing — all of which Ferguson claimed was “unbelievable” and “unreal.”

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