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<blockquote data-quote="The Soloist" data-source="post: 9491354" data-attributes="member: 7043470">Villeneuve: “With humility, I hope that this adaptation is closer to Frank Herbert’s original intentions,” Villeneuve says. “I used Chani’s character to do so. I gave her a different agenda, and used her to bring a different perspective to the story.”&quot;The script ultimately conveys Chani as a nonbeliever of the prophecy and intended for its structure to first convey their romantic relationship from Paul's perspective, and eventually pivot to Chani's perspective as the audience realizes Paul's desire for power and insidious nature.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-:8-43" target="_blank">[43]</a> He focused on Herbert's original intention to depict Paul as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihero" target="_blank">antihero</a> in Dune, on his way to becoming a villain, and wrote the script with that in mind while also considering his future plans regarding Dune Messiah, particularly by modifying Chani's characterization as he felt that she eventually &quot;disappeared in Paul's shadows&quot; in the book.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-44" target="_blank">[44]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-45" target="_blank">[45]</a> Feeling he had the &quot;benefit of time&quot; in doing so, Villeneuve decided to use all the elements of Paul's character arc and &quot;play them a bit differently&quot; in order to establish his eventual transformation into a villainous figure and becoming &quot;what he was trying to fight against&quot;.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-:8-43" target="_blank">[43]</a>He expanded the role of Chani and Lady Jessica from the novel, and interpreted Chani as being a critique of power.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-:6-32" target="_blank">[32]</a>&quot;Source: In dept interview with Villeneuve and the main actors[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://ew.com/dune-part-two-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-austin-butler-florence-pugh-cover-story-8584736[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Soloist, post: 9491354, member: 7043470"] [B]Villeneuve:[/B] “With humility, I hope that this adaptation is closer to Frank Herbert’s original intentions,” Villeneuve says. “I used Chani’s character to do so. I gave her a different agenda, and used her to bring a different perspective to the story.” "The script ultimately conveys Chani as a nonbeliever of the prophecy and intended for its structure to first convey [B]their romantic relationship from Paul's perspective, and eventually pivot to Chani's perspective as the audience realizes Paul's desire for power and insidious nature.[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-:8-43'][43][/URL] He focused on Herbert's original intention to depict Paul as an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihero']antihero[/URL] in [I]Dune[/I], on his way to becoming a villain, and wrote the script with that in mind while also considering his future plans regarding [I]Dune Messiah, [/I]particularly by modifying Chani's characterization as he felt that she eventually "disappeared in Paul's shadows" in the book.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-44'][44][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-45'][45][/URL] Feeling he had the "benefit of time" in doing so, Villeneuve decided to use all the elements of Paul's character arc and "play them a bit differently" in order to establish his eventual transformation into a villainous figure and becoming "what he was trying to fight against".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-:8-43'][43][/URL][B]He expanded the role of Chani [/B]and Lady Jessica from the novel, [B]and interpreted Chani as being a critique of power[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two#cite_note-:6-32'][32][/URL]" Source: In dept interview with Villeneuve and the main actors [URL unfurl="true"]https://ew.com/dune-part-two-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-austin-butler-florence-pugh-cover-story-8584736[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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