When Anya Taylor-Joy suddenly walked the red carpet with the cast at the London premiere of ‘Dune 2’, it was confirmation. The actress, known for the Netflix hit ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, the historical adaptation ‘Emma’ and the cinema hits ‘The Northman’ and ‘Last Night In Soho’, is actually part of the cast of the sci-fi sequel (A similar rumor has been circulating for some time).
If you don’t know yet what role she speaks and plays in a short scene, we don’t want to reveal it at this point, but rather focus on why it was made such a big secret in the first scene. place. Director Denis Villeneuve has this now explained:
“I think Hollywood is the most gossipy town in the world. As an experiment, I wanted to see how long we could keep the secret. And we succeeded,” the filmmaker revealed to the industry magazine.
This is how Anya Taylor-Joy’s secret appearance in “Dune 2” was filmed
Taylor-Joy did a lot of her acting for Dune 2 in the recording studio anyway, so it was pretty easy to keep everything a secret here. But the filming of the scenes with the actress, which were very important to the story, could also be hidden from the public.
According to Villeneuve it was A special film team left for Africa to film with Taylor-Joy “in complete secrecy”. The reason: “I just thought it was a nice idea to keep a surprise for the audience until the end. It was like a gift that I wanted to keep for the fans.”
You will soon find out exactly which – very important – role Anya Taylor-Joy plays in ‘Dune 2’. Starts on February 29, 2024Dune: part two“officially in cinemas. But on February 28, 2024, previews are pretty much everywhere.