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The great thing about a strike film is that you tend to witness out things during interviews , premieres , and press conference that would have never surfaced otherwise . Dune : Part Twois one such moving-picture show . In the star - up to the picture ’s megahit first step weekend , we ’ve chance upon Josh Brolin ’s hidden talent as a poetand lensman , Javier Bardem ’s dedicationto his children , Zendaya ’s love for the sci - fi classicMetropolis , andAustin Butler ’s appreciationforThe Good , the Bad , and the Ugly .
The most recent divine revelation , however , tops all of those . In aninterview with Vanity Fair , Christopher Walken , who plays Shaddam IV , the plastic film ’s dreadful Emperor , explains why he came out of a four - year break from acting in pic and joinedDune : Part Two . One reason was due to his admiration for the first film , which cementedDenis Villeneuve‘s position as one of the best sci - fi theater director ever , and his perceptiveness of the sequel ’s impressive plaster bandage , which also includes Florence Pugh , Rebecca Ferguson , and Dave Bautista .
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Another understanding was due to his long - held desire to star in a bad sci - fi epic , which he had endeavor to make happen when he auditioned for a now - famous sci - fi property in the mid-1970s . No , he did n’t audition forLogan ’s running play ; he read forStar Wars , George Lucas ’ epic tale fix in a beetleweed far , far , by . And before you assume it was for Darth Vader , think again ; it was for Han Solo !
In the interview , Walken recall the time 50 years ago when he tried to join the Rebel Alliance : “ I think it was forHan Solo , ” Walken tell his interviewer , Anthony Breznican . “ Yes , I auditioned for it . And if I ’m not mistaken , my partner in the audition was — I think this is true — it was Jodie Foster . I recollect we did a blind examination . I ’m not certain we did a scene . Maybe we just sat in front of , in those day , those old videotape cameras … I did audition forStar Wars , but so did about 500 other actors . It was slew of people doing that . ”
The reveal of Jodie Foster as Leia is n’t new , however , as the actress herself made headlines just last calendar month when she disclosed onThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallonthat she was tender the theatrical role of Princess Leia and turned it down due to her then - still active contract with Disney . Start watching at the 3:14 instant mark below :
So tonight , as you pucker your kids in their beds or stare at the stars in your backyard , question at an alternate timeline that has Christopher Walken shooting Greedo first and Jodie Foster beckoning Obi - Wan Kenobi to save her doomed planet . foreign things have happened ; our literal timeline , after all , has Chris Pratt voicing Mario inThe Super Mario Bros. Movie . Mamma mia !
