One have a look at an inventory of Oscar Isaac’s finest motion pictures will inform you how versatile an actor he’s. His world-weary but hopeful efficiency within the aforementioned “Inside Llewyn Davis” is miles faraway from his assured portrayal of the cocksure Poe Dameron within the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy. The person can do all of it — one thing of which Denis Villeneuve was little doubt conscious when Isaac emailed him a few function in “Dune.”
Within the e-book “The Artwork and Soul of Dune,” the actor, who it seems is an enormous fan of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” books, remembers reaching out to Villeneuve after studying the director was engaged on the film. “I really wrote Denis after I first heard he was directing Dune,” Isaac tells creator Tanya Lapointe. “I mentioned, ‘I really like ‘Dune.’ I really like this e-book. Simply throwing it on the market.’ He replied, ‘You’re keen on Dune. Attention-grabbing…'”
Based on Lapointe, Villeneuve had adopted Isaac’s profession and was particularly a fan of his performances in “Inside Llewyn Davis” and “Ex Machina.” The director even claimed that he had been “desirous to work with Oscar for a really very long time,” and that the actor simply occurred to “match the precise description of Duke Leto within the e-book.” Within the e-book, the Duke is described as “tall, olive-skinned,” and with a “skinny face” that “held harsh angles” and was “warmed solely by deep grey eyes.” Herbert additionally writes that Leto’s face was “predatory: skinny, stuffed with sharp angles and planes.” With that in thoughts, I am unsure Villeneuve’s remark about Isaac matching the outline of the Duke from the books is essentially the most flattering, however the actor was absolutely too enthusiastic about being part of the venture to care.