Rebecca Ferguson kept getting lost on the massive sets of Dune. Ferguson will play Lady Jessica in the upcoming Denis Villeneuve directed movie, concubine to Oscar Isaac's Duke Leto Atreides and mother of Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet. Villeneuve will adapt the first half of Frank Herbert's classic science-fiction novel, set to be released this October. Lady Jessica plays a critical role in the life of her son Paul as a member of the Bene Gesserit, a pseudo-religious organization comprised of women with enhanced abilities. Prior to the events of the film, Jessica consciously decides to give Duke Leto the son he's always wanted, disrupting the carefully planned genetic experimentation the Bene Gesserit have been crafting to bring to life the prophecy of the Kwisatz Haderach.
The scale of the feudal-like galaxy in which the novel and movie takes place is grand in nature, something that has been teased in Dune's trailers. From massive spaceships to dominant architecture, the world absolutely dwarfs the people that inhabit it. Such an epic film calls for an epic production and Villeneuve shot the film on location in Jordan, Norway, and Abu Dhabi, in addition to sets built in Belgium. Those sets proved confusing for one member of the cast, though.
In a profile of Dune in Empire Magazine, Ferguson revealed that she would get lost on the set of the film nearly everyday. According to the magazine, Villeneuve would build out as much of the set as he could to avoid filling out the frames of the film with green screens, leading to hallways that were hundreds of meters long. These vast sets, Ferguson revealed, led her to get lost "Every bloody day." She went on to joke that she would find herself lost and ask herself, "Like, ‘Am I on the wrong stage? Hellooooo?’"
Bringing Frank Herbert's world to life has proven tricky for many - Alejandro Jodorowsky famously tried to adapt Dune before David Lynch's own 1984 film that was met with a divisive response. While fondness has grown for Lynch's version over the years, for many, it's certainly not the definitive version. Villeneuve looks to be making what could be the definitive version of Dune and Ferguson's anecdote certainly hints at that.
Part of the reason Dune seems unadaptable is because of the vast universe the story takes place in. It sounds like the director has done his best to bring as much of that grand scale to life as possible and it worked to some degree. It helps that many of Dune's sets were built and filmed practically, communicating the brutal realism of the world without the help of digital effects. Audiences will finally be able to see the film in all its glory when it releases on HBO Max and in theaters on October 22.
Source: Empire Magazine
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