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Marvel Star Cut From Dune

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Now, the Incredible Hulk star Tim Blake Nelson is opening up about the role that could have been, admitting that he’s “heartbroken” about being cut out of Dune: Part Two.
MovieWeb recently spoke to the actor, who, despite feeling incredibly sad about the whole thing, ultimately respects director Denis Villeneuve’s decision. In fact, Nelson does not even want to say who he was meant to play, and what the scene(s) that were cut entailed:
“I don’t think I’m at liberty to say what the scene was. I’d leave that to Denis [Villeneuve] if he wants to talk about it. I had a great time over there shooting it. And then he had to cut it because he thought the movie was too long. And I am heartbroken over that, but there’s no hard feelings. I loved it, and I can’t wait to do something else with him and we certainly plan to do that.”
The second part of the Dune franchise adapts the second half of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi classic, Dune. Considering that Dune: Part Two involved the Bene Gesserit Lady Margot Fenring (Léa Seydoux), a very likely character for Nelson to play (still officially uncast) is the Lady’s Count Fenring. A third film adaptation would likely cover the second book in the Dune series of books, Dune: Messiah wraps up Paul Atreides’ story (Timothée Chalamet).
Seeing as Dune: Part One (2022) and Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve has plans to do a third movie, it definitely seems like Nelson is set to return to the planet of Arrakis, and other locations in the Known Universe of Herbert’s creation.
Although Villeneuve has been very open in stating that he does not intend to release an extended cut, Dune fans are not totally without hope. Perhaps the studio could be pressured into releasing a series of deleted scenes once the trilogy is fully wrapped.
Nelson is slated to return to the MCU alongside Liv Tyler’s Betty Ross and Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus Ross/Thunderbolt Ross/potential Red Hulk, taking over from the late William Hurt. Nelson definitely has a future in big franchise films, as he is more than likely to return to (or more accurately, debut in) the world of Dune: Part Three.
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More on Dune: Part Two
The Sandworm and spice melange-filled Dune: Part Two by director Denis Villeneuve with a score by composer Hans Zimmer, stars Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides/Paul Muad’Dib Usul, leading the Fremen rebellion on the desert planet Arrakis AKA Dune against House Harkonnen, alongside Zendaya as Chani, his fierce love interest. Rebecca Ferguson plays Lady Jessica, Paul’s Bene Gesserit mother and former concubine of Leto Atreides.
Other cast members include Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, Dave Bautista as Glossu Rabban Harkonnen, Christopher Walken as Shaddam IV, Léa Seydoux as Lady Margot Fenring, Souheila Yacoub as Shishakli, Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Charlotte Rampling as Gaius Helen Mohiam, and Javier Bardem as Stilgar. Anya Taylor-Joy makes an uncredited cameo as Alia Atreides.