source“Paul has been raised in a very strict environment with a lot of training, because he's the son of a Duke and one day... he's training to be the Duke. But as much as he's been prepared and trained for that role, is it really what he dreams to be? That's the contradiction of that character. It's like Michael Corleone in The Godfather – it's someone that has a very tragic fate and he will become something that he was not wishing to become.”
If that hints at dark times ahead, Villeneuve also highlights the virtues of Atreides, who “will become a man” over the course of the story.
“His survival depends on being able to make the right decisions and adapt to different dangerous situations. It's a very beautiful story about someone that becomes empowered,” the director explains.
“Like any young adult he is looking for his identity and trying to understand his place in the world, and he will have to do things that none of his ancestors were able to do in order to survive. He has a beautiful quality of being curious about other people, of having empathy, something that will attract him towards other cultures, and that's what will save his life.”
I love the comparison to The Godfather. Not to forget that if there's any young actor working today with that same raw talent in there as Pacino, it's Chalamet.
The more I hear Villeneuve talk about this film the more excited I get and I didn't even thought that was possible lol. The decision of cutting the first book in half is going to pay off so well, this way everything gets so much more room to breathe.
By the way, was that online Comic-Con thing confirmed? If so then I guess that's where they drop the trailer. But I wouldn't mind some new pics and info every month or so lol, leading up to the trailer and after
@m4: where did you get that from? someone from the production who compared it to the Godfather as well?
