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Walken in Dune.
Was just jarring imo. He has the right look, but he did his usual thing and I couldn’t help but see him rather than the character.
He was so-so for me. Not great, not terrible either. Since he had so little to work with, they could've cast any other good actor and it wouldn't have mattered. I was hoping he would bring something special though.
IMHO and I'll probably get flamed for it, Zendaya was the weakest actor in the cast. She was ok (not bad), but when comparing to the rest of the cast, she was definitely outclassed.
Agreed on Zendaya. Both she and Momoa suffered by comparison to their castmates.
Yeah, I wasn’t fond of Zendaya in Dune.
I haven’t read the books so maybe that’s how the character is supposed to be, but the angst was frustrating.
Walken was fine for me. The emperor played a smaller role in the film anyway.
The real miscast and the only problem in what is quite possibly one of the best adaptations we will ever see: Brolin as Gurney and Momoa as Idaho. They had the right actors in the wrong roles. I just don't understand how you could flip those two pivotal characters like that. I really don't think Momoa will be able to pull of a good mentat in the 3rd film.
I even kept switching the roles while watching it. Such an odd case where two actors were ideal for the opposite role.
glances at Face Off.
Did I dream the moment when the Baron was exposing the situation on Dune and Walken said "give me more!" like he wanted more cowbells?
All I could see was King Louie from Jungle Book lol
He's a caricature of himself at this point, making it next to impossible to take him seriously in a role like that.