K.T Simpson
Following Dave Bautista’s casting in the remake of “Dune”, the project from Legendary has added its villain. Stellan Skarsgard is on board the Denis Villeneuve film, also starring alongside Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson.
Skarsgard will portray one of the film’s villains, Baron Harkonnen, whose family previously ruled Arrakis and has a long hatred of the Atreides family, plotting with the galactic emperor to destroy it. He is also the uncle to the brutish character to be played by Bautista.
Chalamet is playing Paul Atreides, the son of the ruler of the family, who is forced to escape into the desert wastelands and partner with its nomadic tribes. Using enhanced mental abilities, he eventually rises to become their ruler, with the nomads believing he is their messiah, and leads an army to overthrow the empire.
The news comes to us via The Hollywood Reporter.
