{"id":632523,"date":"2026-10-16T15:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632523\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:14:14","slug":"robert-pattinson-wanted-to-look-like-an-alien-in-dune-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632523\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pattinson Wanted To ‘Look Like An Alien’ In Dune 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s well known that Robert Pattinson likes to walk on the weird side<\/a>. So when the opportunity arrived to become a part of the Dune saga, it simply had to happen, despite his packed schedule \u2013 this year has seen him star in The Drama<\/a>, The Odyssey<\/a>, and Primetime<\/a> already, while he\u2019s currently shooting The Batman: Part II<\/a>. Entering the world of Spice, sandworms, psychic visions and more, Pattinson was ready to embrace both his blockbuster instincts and his penchant for cinematic oddity. Though, director Denis Villeneuve initially saw it differently.<\/p>\n

Pattinson arrives in Dune: Part Three as assassin Scytale, a shape-shifting \u2018Face Dancer\u2019 from the genetic-meddling Bene Tleilax people. Sounds perfect for some Pattinson weirdness, right? \u201cI went into it being like, \u2018I want to look like an alien,\u2019\u201d the actor tells Empire<\/a>, \u201cand initially Denis was saying, \u2018Well, I think he\u2019s got to fit in with everybody. I think he just looks like you. He\u2019s normal.\u2019\u201d It was not quite what Pattinson hoped for. \u201cI was a little bit disappointed,\u201d he acknowledges.<\/p>\n

But, before the shoot came around, Villeneuve settled on something much more up Pattinson\u2019s alley. What if Scytale had an eerie blankness, with bleached hair and no eyebrows? \u201cIt wasn\u2019t even that far before I started shooting; he sent me an email saying, \u2018I\u2019ve had this idea of a look,\u2019\u201d recalls Pattinson. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018Okay! This is very much not like a normal guy at all.\u2019\u201d The result is the perfect mix of Pattinson\u2019s sensibilities, and Villeneuve\u2019s approach to Frank Herbert\u2019s source material. \u201cIt\u2019s like he\u2019s grown in a lab,\u201d Pattinson says of the character. \u201cThere\u2019s a little element of a baby about him, which I really, really liked.\u201d\u00a0Bring on the madness.<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Read Empire\u2019s full Dune: Part Three cover story \u2013 speaking to Denis Villeneuve, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Zendaya, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson, Jason Momoa, and Florence Pugh about the epic final chapter \u2013 in the December 2026 issue, on sale Thursday October 22. Pre-order a copy online here<\/a>. Dune: Part Three comes to cinemas from December 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s well known that Robert Pattinson likes to walk on the weird side. So when the opportunity arrived…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-632523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}