Anya Taylor-Joy says she’s just as in the dark as the fans are regarding her potential return as Alia Atreides in Dune 3.
“I’ll know when you do. I think we’re all really hopeful,” Taylor-Joy said about Dune 3 in an interview with GQ where she addressed her interest in returning to Arrakis. “Listen, I’m ready now, I’ve done the training. I think you kind of need to do the movie in order to be ready for it.”
Taylor-Joy initially met director Denis Villeneuve to discuss playing a larger part in Dune: Part Two. Due to her commitments to Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, however, Taylor-Joy agreed to make a surprise cameo as the grown-up version of Paul Atreides’ (Timothée Chalamet) unborn sister. The character appears in Paul’s vision after he drinks the Water of Life.
“Anya was Alia as soon as I met with her,” Villeneuve said. “In fact, I realized after the fact, she has always been Alia. Anya feels out of this world, as though she belongs to some other dimension, one step into the dream.”
Dune: Messiah
Following the success of Dune: Part Two, Warner Bros and Villeneuve are currently developing the third installment based on Frank Herbert‘s 1969 novel Dune Messiah. Though Villeneuve stated his intention to produce a different project before filming the next Dune, production company Legendary Entertainment says they’re ready to go as soon as he is.
“I think this is a movie where you know the word of mouth is going to carry it. It is a stupendous piece of filmmaking. There’s no other way to say it. I’ve just about run out of adjectives,” Legendary CEO Josh Grode said in an interview with CNBC. “We have to have all creative stakeholders aligned and support the vision. I think everybody is very excited and really enjoying this moment, and if Denis [Villeneuve] gets the script right and he feels that he can deliver another experience on par with what we’ve just completed, then I don’t see why not.”
Dune: Part Two is now streaming on Max.
