Stellan Skarsgård Required Hours of Makeup for His ‘Dune’ Character

Stellan Skarsgård stated he spent eight hours a day reworking into his “Dune” character.
“He’s such a daunting presence,” the actor stated of his character, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
Skarsgård additionally stated his character was “extraordinarily fats” and even levitates in some scenes.
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Stellan Skarsgård revealed in a current interview that he spent eight hours a day within the make-up chair so as to rework into his “Dune” character, the sinister Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. According to the actor, he solely labored on the movie for a number of days, however it took hours to totally look the half of the Baron.”I did eight or ten days on the film, so my character would not present up for an excessive amount of, however his presence shall be felt,” Skarsgård informed the Daily Beast. “He’s such a daunting presence the place even when he would not say something, I feel you may be afraid of him.” “And I’m extraordinarily fats. I had eight hours within the make-up chair each day,” Skarsgård continued. “And in some scenes, I look very tall as a result of I levitate.”

“You’re going to have so much of enjoyable with it,” he stated. “Dune,” directed by Denis Villeneuve, relies on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. Like Herbert’s novel (and David Lynch’s critically-maligned 1984 adaptation), Villeneuve’s “Dune” will observe younger nobleman Paul Atreides as he defends his household towards their rivals, the evil Harkonnens. In his novel, Herbert described the Baron as “grossly and immensely fats,” and Lynch’s adaptation accordingly featured a fats, flying Baron, who was nearly cartoonish at occasions. But primarily based on the trailer for Villeneuve’s “Dune,” Skarsgård’s Baron Harkonnen seems to be much more horrifying, whereas nonetheless retaining the Baron’s signature physicality. 

“Dune” is about to be launched concurrently on HBO Max and in theaters on October 1, and stars Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides. Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, and Skarsgård spherical out the solid.