Dune: Prophecy stars Emily Watson (who performs Mom Superior Valya Harkonnen) and Olivia Williams (who performs Reverend Mom Tula Harkonnen), together with showrunner and govt producer Alison Schapker, have opened up concerning the season’s stunning finale and what it would imply going ahead for the present.
todaysviralmedia Senior Editor Brandon Schreur attended a press convention on Thursday, December 19, 2024, celebrating the season finale of Dune: Prophecy. Because the press convention wrapped, it was introduced that the sequence had been formally renewed for a second season.
Watson, Williams, and Schapker dived into spoilers as they mentioned their experiences making the primary season of the sci-fi sequence, which is about earlier than the occasions of Denis Villeneuve’s films, and gave followers just a little tease as to what they’ll count on from Dune: Prophecy Season 2.
All six episodes of Dune: Prophecy Season 1 are actually streaming on Max.
The place does the Sisterhood stand following the occasions of Dune: Prophecy Season 1?
Schapker was requested the place the Sisterhood now stands following the destruction of the breeding index and the implosion of the royal household.
“I imply, that’s a very good query,” Schapker answered. That’s precisely the query try to be asking, and I feel that’s one thing that is still to be seen. Like, that too has modified and kind of to what diploma. Is that irrevocable for Valya or not? Is it one thing what position is Tula going to play going ahead and the way is the Sisterhood going to outlive could be very a lot a query of season two.
Watson added, “Yeah. It’s kind of [when] we began out, we had every thing simply how we wished it firstly. And it’s been kind of descent from there.”
What does Valya hope to perform on Arrakis?
Schapker additionally mentioned what Vayla hopes to perform on Arrakis and the way arriving on the planet will give her the chance to “discover out much more” because the sequence strikes ahead.
“After a season of Arrakis type of exerting its pull from afar, and whether or not that’s within the economics of spice, commerce or the psychological features of those visions and nightmares which can be kind of imagery of Arrakis and Desmond’s previous seeping into everybody’s consciousness. To truly go and put boots on the bottom at this extremely overdetermined and kind of virtually mythic Dune house that we all know very effectively, however we kind of saved it at a distance the entire season.
“So, I feel it’s very vital that Valya’s again there, and I additionally suppose she’s again type of on the origin level of Desmond, the place he emerged from. Like, he emerged with a narrative and a delusion, and it was I’m from Arrakis, and I used to be swallowed by a worm and I survived after my complete regiment was killed. All I might say is, I feel Valya is there. I feel Valya goes to seek out out much more, on condition that she is kind of again the place Desmond kind of emerged as an adversary. And [it will] be fascinating to see what she finds on the market.”
Will Mark Sturdy’s Javicco character be again for Dune: Prophecy Season 2?
Schapker confirmed that Mark Sturdy’s character, Javicco Corrino, is “actually” lifeless following the occasions of Dune: Prophecy Season 1.
“We love him, and we’re very unhappy about it. Mark Sturdy was a pleasure to work with, only a large actor and an incredible human being. I feel his characterization of this specific emperor was good, and it was such a pleasure to look at him hint his arc throughout the season. suppose it’s okay to say that he’s lifeless however he can be missed. And he leaves an enormous energy vacuum.”
Emily Watson and Olivia Williams on Jessica Barden and Emma Canning taking part in youthful variations of their characters
todaysviralmedia requested about Watson and Williams’ experiences working with Jessica Barden and Emma Canning, as Barden and Canning play youthful variations of Valya and Tula in a number of flashback scenes all through the sequence.
“To start with, how fortunate are we to have these two unimaginable actresses? We talked quite a bit, however we had already began filming after they got here,” Watson answered. “So, it was actually on them to should try to discover methods to mimic us, I assume. What I like about what they’ve carried out is that they discovered variations of what we do which can be type of uncooked and unformed, which is a really sensible and wonderful approach to do it, I feel.”
Williams added, “Yeah, it was a a lot to do with mannerisms, or emotional mannerisms. It was a really intelligent research, in the event that they did research, or possibly it was instinctive, I don’t know, however they had been each astonishing. And I discovered rather a lot about my character from watching what Emma did, actually.”
Battle is now brewing between Valya and Desmond
When requested what Valya now thinks of Desmond after studying that he’s her nephew, Watson mentioned, “I feel there’s a battle there as a result of she is aware of that he’s Tula’s son and the betrayal of that could be very painful. However the a part of Valya that’s in a manner the strongest is already going: ‘I noticed his reminiscence, and I noticed that someone is utilizing him, and I need to discover out who that’s.’ That’s what I need to know.”
Schapker additionally mentioned about Desmond’s true id, “I don’t know if folks seen, however the material he’s carrying the primary time we see him, when Desmond Hart seems in Salusa and walks as much as the palace, he’s bought this black material, and that’s actually his token of his mom. And it’s by the entire sequence [that] he makes use of it in non-public moments [to keep] his drive and his connection, till lastly he meets her and is clutching her precise costume. Realizing that what as soon as was a chunk of his child blanket that she swaddled him in sisterhood material is what he’s held onto. Now he’s lastly along with his mom. We tried to do issues like that to construct in and foreshadow the place the story was going.”
Supply: HBO