Dune 2: This is a surprise movie! Did you know this star who suddenly appeared?

Warning – The article below contains spoilers for the second installment of “Dune” as it returns to one of the surprises. So please go ahead if you haven’t seen it in theaters yet.

No, you are not dreaming! If the cast of Dune 2 is more impressive than the first (Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux and Souheila Yacoub will join Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya or Rebecca Ferguson), we should also hope for another famous face that was not previously announced .

Except for people who watched some previews of Denis Villeneuve’s film. And especially London, where the feature film self-deprecated by having the main stakeholder pose with the team. Without revealing his role, even those familiar with Frank Herbert’s work already had their own idea.

Because that’s Anna Taylor-Joy we see in this brief scene: a glimpse of the future, similar to the one shown to Paul in golden armor in the first feature film. Future Furiosa, a Mad Max: Fury Road spin-off about the character’s youth, stars the actress as Alia Atreides. The hero’s sister, with whom Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) is pregnant throughout the film.

Coming to her senses prematurely when her mother drinks a variation of cognac, Spice, she doesn’t really show up here, unlike in the David Lynch film in which she took on Alicia Witt’s features. In Denis Villeneuve, the audience sees Alia only through shots in the womb, when he’s not the voice talking to his future brother Paul. Until this unexpected scene.

“Dune 3” teaser?

which functions as the post-credits scenes that have become a tradition at Marvel Studios (except that it interferes with Dune’s history) and announces that Anya Taylor-Joy will play Alya Atreides in the third film, which has already been mentioned on Danny’s side. Villeneuve, where a young woman has to play the central role and become “Holy Alia of Denmark”.

This scene was already planned from the beginning of production, or was added later, when the hypothesis about the adaptation was created. “Dune Messiah” Did it become more specific? “His character is central to Dune and, a bit like Chani in the first installment, we’re introducing someone that we’re going to develop later.Denis Villeneuve answers on this topic.

“Alia’s character seems a little bit like that: she’s someone we’re watching and who’s going to take her whole place, her whole scope in the third installment. But this scene was part of the project from the beginning, but it evolved during filming. “

He’s someone we’re watching and who’s going to take his full place, his full scope, in the third installment

In the greatest mystery

To keep this cameo a top secret, the director enlisted the help of his co-star George Miller, who directed Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa during the Dune sequel. “No, but our schedule was made easier by the fact that they finished filming before I got close to Anna, and that’s what made it possible.”

As he explains The Hollywood Reporter, Denis Villeneuve mobilized a small crew to shoot this scene in Africa with the actor. And if this cameo proves one thing, it’s that the director has already started work on the third installment of Dune and can’t hide it anymore. Which he confirms with a big laugh.