They have been good pals ever since they started engaged on the primary blockbuster Dune movie in 2019.
And so it appeared ‘bizarre as hell’ to Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya after they lastly had to kiss in front of the camera for highly anticipated Dune: Part Two, which hits theaters on March 1.
The 28-year-old Name Me By Your Identify star and the 27-year-old Euphoria actress spoke with Entertainment Tonight concerning the awkwardness of enjoying romantic leads after they had been already good ‘platonic’ pals.
The costars, who had been in Mexico Metropolis on Monday to promote their upcoming science fiction epic, additionally needed to take care of the added problems of getting different romantic companions, as Zendaya is present relationship Spider-Man star Tom Holland, whereas Timothée has recently been romancing Kylie Jenner.
‘It is positively unusual,’ Zendaya stated of their on-screen kissing. ‘I feel each of us are identical to, “All proper. That is our job. OK, we will do that.”‘
Timothée Chalamet, 28, admitted to ET that it was ‘bizarre as hell’ to kiss his ‘platonic’ pal Zendaya, 27, in Dune: Half Two; seen collectively in April 2023 in Las Vegas
He stars within the movie as Paul Atreides, the inheritor to the now-decimated Home Atreides, who turns into a messianic determine to Chani (Zendaya), a member of the Fremen tribe on the desert world Arakis; nonetheless from Dune: Half Two
Timothée went additional, calling the intimate show ‘bizarre as hell’ as a result of the 2 are ‘so shut, platonically.’
‘Within the scope of the film, it’s very what is occurring, however I additionally really feel like we’re so tight now that it actually is rather like one other day at work,’ he added.
The Little Ladies actor joked, ‘I do not know what that claims concerning the nature of our jobs, however it’s simply one other day of labor.’
He stars within the movie as Paul Atreides, the inheritor to the now-decimated Home Atreides, who has been deserted together with his mom on the desert world of Arakis whereas the members of Home Harkonnen who’re answerable for his household’s slaughter take over the planet’s profitable pure sources.
Zendaya was launched briefly within the first movie as Chani, a member of the desert-dwelling Fremen tribe who will educate Paul the way to survive within the punishing surroundings in order that he can lead her individuals to stand up in opposition to the galactic forces colonizing their planet.
Zendaya credited the movie’s director and co-writer Denis Villeneuve for serving to them navigate the troublesome terrain and balancing their extra intimate scenes with the grand sweep of the Dune’s plot, moderately than merely tacking on a love story.
‘On this particular love story, I feel we’re so grateful to have Denis on the helm of this very particular factor,’ she stated. ‘He all the time discovered a solution to in some way — amongst the entire epicness that’s the Dune universe — discover a solution to carve out a really sentimental, lovely love story that’s, I really feel, in lots of respects, earned.’
Timothée has explored varied sorts of romances within the Oscar-winning Name Me By Your Identify, in addition to different acclaimed movies together with Girl Hen, Little Ladies and Bones And All, whereas Zendaya has explored a hyper-stylized model of highschool relationship on her hit HBO present Euphoria, however their characters’ romance in Dune had little precedent of their earlier initiatives.
‘It was positively one thing we had been making an attempt to grasp, as a result of you may’t be like, “What’s up, shawty?”‘ she joked about Dune’s futuristic setting and unconventional social relations.
‘You see, all through the movie, the moments between them. The issues which might be unsaid,’ Zendaya stated of their characters’ budding romance. ‘The glances between characters — there’s a lot stated simply with appears. I feel it occurs with all of the characters, and particularly Paul and Chani.’
‘Within the scope of the film, it’s very what is occurring, however I additionally really feel like we’re so tight now that it actually is rather like one other day at work,’ Timothée stated of their kissing and romance scenes; pictured collectively in Paris in 2021
Zendaya credited director and co-screenwriter Denis Villeneuve for making certain that their on-screen romance was ‘earned’ and never tacked on; nonetheless from Dune (2021)
Additionally they struggled with crafting a romance that made sense with Dune’s futuristic setting. ‘It was positively one thing we had been making an attempt to grasp, as a result of you may’t be like, “What’s up, shawty?”‘ she joked; each pictured Monday in Mexico Metropolis
‘I feel we have constructed rather a lot simply inside transient glances, with no matter they’re holding inside,’ she added. ‘[It may be] a quick second between us, however a lot might be stated.’
The 2 stars can be joined in Dune: Half Two by newcomers Austin Butler, who will play the psychopathic Harkonnen inheritor Feyd-Rautha, and Florence Pugh, who plays the galactic emperor’s daughter Princess Irulan, who will enter into a marriage of convenience with Paul.
Rebecca Ferguson additionally returns from the primary movie as Paul’s mom, whereas Josh Brolin reprises his function as a part of the Harkonnen clan and Stellan Skarsgård performs the Baron Harkonnen.
Christopher Walken may also be launched because the beforehand unseen Emperor Shaddam IV.
