THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
Samir Hussein / Samir Hussein / WireImage / Getty Imagesby Zendaya's top billing. A lot of fans were really upset because because Zendaya, who plays Chani, was heavily promoted in the film's marketing, yet only appears in seven minutes total of the film .Turns out, director Denis Villeneuve has a perfectly logical explanation., which is based on Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel, technically only covers the first part of the story, properly introducing Chani towards the end.
""I just said to them, 'Guys, the story is so rich, so complex, it takes all its strength from its details and its poetry. I truly think to do justice to the book, we should do it in two parts.' And they immediately said yes."Zendaya has also been open about her limited screen time in, she said,"On my first day, I’m landing in what quite literally felt like Arrakis, because everybody was already in their costume when I met them.”"I was very intimidated.
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