Rebecca Ferguson Shares Insights on Her Role in ‘Dune: Part Three’ and the Excitement Around It
Rebecca Ferguson is set to reprise her role in Denis Villeneuve’s ongoing adaptation of the Dune saga, specifically in Dune: Part Three. In a recent interview on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Ferguson opened up about returning to the desert planet and her character’s evolution.
“I just dipped my toe in. I have no, sort of, comments on it,” Ferguson remarked regarding her limited involvement. “The script is great, I’ve read it. I think it’s gonna be fantastic. But my journey was No. 1 and 2. I don’t even think she [my character] was supposed to be in 3. And then Denis was like, ‘I need to have one scene,’ and I get one scene.”
Ferguson described the bittersweet experience of stepping onto a familiar set while knowing her role was diminished this time around. “And that was a weird feeling, walking onto a set that you know so well, and knowing that you don’t have a part of it. There’s a lot of FOMO. And the acceptance of, ‘This is just what it is.’ You just have to serve [the story].”
In the Dune series, Ferguson portrays Lady Jessica, a Bene Gesserit mother to the central character Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet. She praised Villeneuve, stating, “He’s just intelligent, creative; he’s a master, and he works with people that he makes better, and they make him better. It’s a symbiosis. And they are few and far between.”
The all-star cast also includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Isaach de Bankolé, Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem, coming together for what is being promoted as “the epic conclusion” to the trilogy.
