Stellan Skarsgård spent 8 hours a day transforming into his 'Dune' character
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Libby Torres
Apr 15, 2021, 23:53 IST
Stellan Skarsgård in 2020.Christoph Soeder/Picture Alliance via Getty Images
Stellan Skarsgård said he spent eight hours a day transforming into his "Dune" character.
"He's such a frightening presence," the actor said of his character, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
Skarsgård also said his character was "extremely fat" and even levitates in some scenes.
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Stellan Skarsgård revealed in a recent interview that he spent eight hours a day in the makeup chair in order to transform into his "Dune" character, the sinister Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
According to the actor, he only worked on the film for a few days, but it took hours to fully look the part of the Baron.
"I did eight or ten days on the movie, so my character doesn't show up for too much, but his presence will be felt," Skarsgård told the Daily Beast. "He's such a frightening presence where even if he doesn't say anything, I think you'll be afraid of him."
"And I'm extremely fat. I had eight hours in the makeup chair every day," Skarsgård continued. "And in some scenes, I look very tall because I levitate."
"You're going to have a lot of fun with it," he said.
In his novel, Herbert described the Baron as "grossly and immensely fat," and Lynch's adaptation accordingly featured a fat, flying Baron, who was almost cartoonish at times.
But based on the trailer for Villeneuve's "Dune," Skarsgård's Baron Harkonnen appears to be a lot more frightening, while still retaining the Baron's signature physicality.
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