Harry Styles Should Play Feyd In Dune 2 (To Continue A Franchise Tradition)
In Frank Herbert’s novel, Feyd Rautha is a foil to Paul as he is the heir of House Harkonnen, mortal enemies of Paul and the Atreides family. They are relatively close in age, extremely skilled fighters, and both determined that their respective family should come out on top of the feud between two. In a shocking reveal in the middle of Dune, it is revealed that Paul’s mother is related to the Harkonnens, making Paul and Feyd cousins.
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Although Feyd is introduced to readers early on in the book, Villeneuve chose to leave him out of the first part of the film. The character plays a major role in the finale of the book, so his casting will be of the utmost importance to Dune 2. However, there has been an important tradition in the different film versions of Herbert’s book, which has been to cast a British rockstar in the role of Feyd Rautha. In keeping with this tradition, Harry Styles is the obvious choice for the role, given his own musical background.
As followers of the Dune legacy will know, English rocker Sting very memorably played Feyd Rautha in David Lynch’s poorly received version of the novel. Perhaps lesser known is that for Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unmade adaptation (although free images are available online), the Chilean-French director planned to cast Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger as the Harkonnen heir. Besides being the most famous British rockstar of the modern era, Styles is often compared to Jagger and has been heavily influenced by the elder performer’s stage persona.
The past directors of the Dune franchise must have associated the character with the general aura of rock stardom. Herbert never really provides a physical description
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