Dune’sStephen McKinley Henderson Talks Jumping to Blockbusters and That Cool Parasol

Dunehas a stacked cast of thespian both found and on the rise , from Timothée Chalamet as supposed messiah Paul Atreides andRebecca Fergusonas his female parent Jessica toJason Momoaas loveable warrior Duncan Idaho . But few of the film ’s stars have the “ oh , it ’s that bozo ! ” vim of character actor Stephen McKinley Henderson . As Thufir Hawat , Henderson ’s computer serviceman for House Atreides is n’t the flashy character in the film , but it has n’t stopped people from taking poster of his character … and also that cute sunshade he gambol while walk around the desert satellite of Arrakis .

Henderson ’s been around as an histrion for decades , but in an consultation withVulture , he admitted that he never thought he ’d be “ in a picture of this stature . ” It was only recently that he really began to call up of how his journey as a film and television actor changed , which he partially attributed to Vulture listing him as one of the greatcharacter actorsworking today . What ’s more , he had n’t say the original Frank Herbert novel ; a ally would occasionally quote passages from the Holy Scripture at him because of Henderson ’s involvement in divinity and ism . It was only after director Denis Villeneuve sought him specifically for the role that he dove into the novel . “ It became one of my favored books , ” he said , understanding the hype surround it .

The entire interview is honorable , and Henderson comes across as a sweet guy , as seen when he visit up the author after the interview ’s ended to gush about his role in Halle Berry ’s upcoming MMA flick , Bruised . Having follow in the main from dramatics work , Henderson offer up an interesting view into the larger than life world of Dune . call it “ Shakespearian , ” he pointed out how everything hinge on Paul . “ It ’s not that they know what a messianic journeying he ’s on — he ’s simply the summit prince of the House Atreides who will one twenty-four hour period be world-beater … the lynchpin for this tremendous film of Denis ’ is that Paul ’s future is important . ”

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When it descend to playing Thufir in the film and rave off a mass of sci - fi jargon , Henderson rivet on the grapheme ’s empathy , as project when he offers up his resignation travel along a break down assassination try on Paul . That ’s where the parasol come in : while shooting in Budapest on a raging sidereal day , Henderson was offered a sunshade by someone to protect him while he was sitting down . When Villeneuve took notice , they chop-chop agreed that Thufir would have a parasol . “ It was just one of those spontaneous things … it ’s something that someone not human would be attracted to . I just think it ’s the desire to really be a part of these howling people as the alien that he is , ” Henderson said , adding that a sunshade is rather “ school ” for his character to have . “ It just says so much about where he is at the time and that he ’s taking maintenance of himself . He was a young military man once . ”

Dune is in theaters and on HBO Max now .

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