Dave Bautista has a really busy 2023 forward of him, with 4 films starring him set to premiere. First up, M. Night Shyamalan‘s latest “Knock At The Cabin,” which hits theaters today. And a little further on the horizon, “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” on May 5, and “Parachute,” set for its world premiere at SXSW 2023 in March. But Bautista also “Dune: Part Two” this year, too, which sees the actor reprise his role as Baron Harkonnen’s hulking, brutish nephew Glossu Rabban.
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Rabban is a scary presence in Denis Villeneuve‘s 2021 film (and Frank Herbert‘s original novel), and USA Today reports that Bautista agrees the character is “just a nightmare.” “There’s much more layers to Rabban, the actor teased, “and none of them are good.” But Bautista discover Austin Butler‘s turn as Rabban’s youthful brother Feyd-Rautha much more skin-crawling. On Butler’s efficiency, Baustista mentioned: “I don’t know who this guy was, but it’s not Austin Butler. It’s not Elvis. His voice is different, his look is different. Everything about his demeanor is terrifying.”
For these unfamiliar with Herbert’s e-book, David Lynch‘s 1983 adaptation, or the 2000 mini-series, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is heir to Baron Harkonnen, who the Baron plans to be the successor to the Atreides on Arrakis. Feyd-Rautha serves as a foil to Timothée Chalamet‘s Paul: another cunning and charismatic young man raised to rule the galaxy, but motivated by ruthless self-interest. Without too many spoilers, a single combat standoff between Paul and Feyd-Rautha is the climax to Herbert’s “Dune.” Sting performs the character in Lynch’s movie, whereas Matt Keeslar performs him within the 2000 mini-series.
Based on Bautista’s feedback, anticipate Butler to be a formidable display screen presence in “Dune: Part Two.” So perhaps Butler shakes off that star flip as Elvis from Baz Luhrmann‘s film from last year, after all. But Bautista also stresses that Butler is “just the sweetest guy you’ll ever meet” in his feedback about Villeneueve’s upcoming movie. “Dune: Part Two” presently has a November 3 date for theatrical launch. Other new forged members past Butler within the upcoming movie embody Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, Christopher Walken as Emperor Shaddam IV, Léa Seydoux as Lady Margot, and Souheila Yacoub as Shishakli. Tim Blake Nelson additionally seems in an undisclosed position.
With 9 months earlier than “Dune: Part Two” hits theaters, anticipate extra information about Butler’s Feyd-Rautha and different characters launched within the movie within the coming weeks.