Rebecca Ferguson Says She Has Simply One Scene in ‘Dune: Half Three’

It occurs in almost each franchise: the arc of a beloved character will take a distinct route—veering away from the principle plot, that’s—because the story progresses. The newest instance has extra reasoning behind it than, say, Finn’s and Rose’s increasingly diminished appearances within the Star Wars sequel trilogy, nevertheless it’s nonetheless form of a bummer. In accordance with Dune and Dune: Half Two star Rebecca Ferguson, her character, Girl Jessica—the mom of Paul Atreides—may have only one scene in Dune: Part Three.

Not like Star Wars, Dune relies on a decades-old ebook sequence by Frank Herbert, so Girl Jessica’s story has already been formed on the web page—pages that happen largely earlier than the occasions of Dune: Half Three. Talking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Ferguson defined that her character’s “journey was primary and two.” Actually, “I don’t even assume [Lady Jessica] was purported to be in three.”

“After which [director] Denis [Villeneuve] was like, ‘I have to have one scene.’ And I get one scene.”

However, she added, “That was a bizarre feeling, strolling onto a set that so effectively and realizing that you just don’t have part of it. There’s a number of FOMO. And the acceptance of that is simply what it’s: simply [serving the story].”

She didn’t share any particulars on what her scene may be (Girl Jessica is in the just-dropped trailer, in order that have to be the scene). However Ferguson did say she did nonetheless learn the total screenplay for Dune: Half Three, and that “the script is nice. I believe it’s going to be incredible.”

Dune: Half Three hits theaters December 18.

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