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March 1, 2024 - Austin Butler manages to be terrifying in the role of the villain, Rebecca Ferguson shines in one of the best performances of the year, and Javier Bardem surprises in a role that sometimes provides the comic relief of the movie.

March 11, 2022 - The first Dune adapted just one half of Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 novel, with Part 2 tackling the rest of the story. It will pick up with Paul Atreides (Chalamet) fighting alongside the Fremen to free the desert planet of Arrakis from the grips of House Harkonnen. If a deal makes, Butler will play Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the baron, the villain played by Stellan Skarsgard who heads House Harkonnen.

Dune: Part Two (2024) - Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha

May 2, 2023 - Austin Butler is bald and terrifying ... is one of the high profile new additions to the “Dune” cast along with Florence Pugh and Christopher Walken....

July 19, 2022 - New additions to the cast include Elvis’ star Austin Butler as the notorious Feyd Rautha Harkonnen, and veteran actor Christopher Walken will be portraying Emperor Shaddam IV. Rounding up the ensemble are Florence Pugh, Léa Seydoux, and Souheila ...

March 4, 2024 - From left, Stellan Skarsgard and Austin Butler as members of the Harkonnen clan in “Dune: Part Two.” Imagine the family cookouts!

September 10, 2023 - In this context, four new additions to the cast come into the picture, bringing new important characters to the table. Florence Pugh, Christopher Walker, Léa Seydoux, and, of course, Butler, are all major names joining Villeneuve's adaptation.

5 days ago - Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem reprise their roles from the first film, with Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, and Léa Seydoux ...

February 21, 2024 - As well as reuniting Timothée and Zendaya on screen, Dune: Part Two also sees the arrival of a number of brand new A-List cast members including Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, and Lea Seydoux.

February 13, 2024 - Leaving it on the field seemed to be the M.O. for everyone who got the chance to return to Arrakis for “Dune: Part Two,” which opens March 1. The sequel had not been a given and was dependent on the success of “Part One," but whether returning like Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista and Stellan Skarsgård, or arriving in Arrakis for the first time, like Austin Butler and Florence Pugh, all came with a renewed set of purpose to finish what they'd started.

February 23, 2024 - Butler is one of the newcomers to the “Dune” franchise in “Part Two” along with actors such as Florence Pugh, Lea Seydoux and Christopher Walken.

May 27, 2022 - Butler is set to play the role of Feyd-Rautha

February 29, 2024 - That changes the rhythm of how you think and breathe." Villeneuve was all in on the Skarsgård voice, saying, "I deeply love it," Butler recalls. "That's the best note you can get from Denis." While Butler stayed in Elvis mode while shooting his breakout role, he knew it would be "unhealthy" to live with Feyd-Rautha making "Dune."

March 2, 2024 - It’s important to note that Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune isn’t the first version that’s been put on the silver screen. In 1984, popular surrealist filmmaker David Lynch made his own version of the story, although it wasn’t as critically adored as Villeneuve’s has proven to be. The 1984 adaptation actually cast the legendary musician and actor Sting in the role of Feyd-Rautha, but the result was something completely different from both Herbert’s novel and Butler’s take on the character.

March 9, 2024 - This made for an effective shift in tone when Austin Butler's Feyd-Rautha was suddenly introduced an hour into the film, just as audiences were warming up to Paul Atreides' (played by Timothée Chalamet) trials with the Fremen in Arrakis.

February 27, 2024 - At the film's premiere in New York City, Skarsgard told Variety what a pleasure it was to watch Butler play the villain, and how his interpretation of Feyd-Rautha was influenced by Skarsgard's performance in 2021's Dune. "I laughed so much because it was so obvious that he really enjoyed being evil," he said, adding that Butler's voice in Dune: Part Two "was like hearing an echo...