Quoted from xsvtoys:All right Dune nerds, and non-nerds. We are getting closer. Still no trailer though. When the first trailer hits the hype will really begin. Most of the fan stuff on Youtube sucks.
To juice things up, here is my brief analysis of the cast for the major characters. Read, then comment. OR fight!!
Paul Atreides - Timothee Chalamat. Don't know him at all, judgement reserved. Not sure he looks like what I would think of Paul, but possibly will be OK. No way to tell for me right now.
Lady Jessica - Rebecca Ferguson. Don't know her at all, judgment reserved. Seems to reasonably look the part.
Duke Atreides - Oscar Isaac. Seems a bit young for the role. Should be OK I guess.
Duncan Idaho - Jason Momoa. I think its good. Idaho is a huge major character throughout the entire Dune series so he is of big importance if it continues past one movie. He is a bad-ass, women love him, and has a bit of a sense of humor, but needs to be very introspective as well because of everything that happens to him. We'll see if Momoa can pull it off. I do like him but he has been given a lot of crap roles, like Aquaman.
Gurney Halleck - Josh Brolin. That should work. Never seen Brolin do anything that wasn't great.
Mentant Hawat - Stephen Henderson. Haven't seen his work, his look seems to fit the part.
Baron Harkonnen - Stellan Skarsgard. He doesn't seem evil enough. He seems too old, he is a contemporary counterpart to Duke Atreides but there is a big age difference between him and Oscar Isaac. The Baron is a pretty important character if you continue the story onward through multiple books. At this point, I wonder about this one.
Beast Rabban - Dave Bautista. Yes. If you read the books and you are reading about the beast, what is the image that pops into your head? Dave Bautista, that's what. Spot on.
Stilgar - Javier Bardem. That's an interesting choice. I know him mainly from No Country For Old Men. He was creepy badass in that movie. I think of him as playing an evil person because of that which Stigar is not. But he is an excellent actor so this should work.
Chani - Zendaya. Saw her in Spiderman movies. Should be good here.
Javier Bardem is a great choice for Stilgar. He's just a little ..off which would suit the Fremen role, and he's a super nice, deep (philosophical? that may be a bit much) guy who sinks into an role. IF you saw the awful Pirates of the Caribbean 5, he's one of the only good things in it, and he OWNS that character. Dude, he's in Skyfall!
Love your description of Batista as Rabban. Yep.
I agree on Baron H. I cant' recall how he's described in the books (besides 'evil') but I'll always picture Kenneth McMillan. Maybe Skarsgaard in a fat suit? LOL
Rebecca Ferguson - she's in the recent Mission Impossible movies, but I really remember her from "The Kid Who Would Be King" which we saw last year. Yeah. She'll nail it.
I have NO idea how they came up with Momoa for Duncan, but for the way he's always come off to me - like the best friend/drinking buddy of Paul, that is good casting. Plus when he (SPOILER!!!) dies... *everybody* is going to be upset.
The only one I DON'T get at all, is this "Timothee Chalamat" kid. Hopefully he knocks it out the park. But he looks like a One Direction boy band guy to me.
