HBO’sDune: ProphecyThe season finale is approaching on December 22, but before we get further involved in the intense palace politics of the Corrino family and Valya Harkonnen’s thirst for revenge for power and control of the Sisterhood comes to a head, fans were treated to some intimate moments in In last Sunday night’s fourth episode, two brooding patriarchs, Yevgeny Harkonin (Mark Addy) and young Baron Haro Harkonin (Edward Davis), “twice born”.
In the stone and steel dwelling of Salusa Secundus, gray and breathless Uncle Yevgeny was kept alive by a breathing inhaler, while Harrow wore his sinister black coat and tunic until the Aunt Leah arrives for an unfortunate reunion. The disastrous Landslade’s party with Harrow fails to achieve his goal, causing Varya to watch her uncle Yevgeny die, withholding his medical equipment and struggling like a fish from the water. Breathing the air like a fish.
“We know the Harkonnen family’s place in Villeneuve’s film,” Eddie noted of the epic dysfunction. “What were they like 10,000 years ago? How do we show their seeds back then. They were probably a little more human than the monster they became when Paul Atreides showed up. Where was that? Where did it come from, that around the family dinner table How is the situation?
We spoke more with Addy and Davis about becoming a Harkonnen, helping to chart the story of this infamous “Dune” tribe 10,000 years ago as they became the twisted foes we know in the film, and The gritty charm of these tragic characters.
“It’s nice to have the universe that David Lynch and Denis Villeneuve painted and have that visual reference,” Davis said. “It makes you really excited to get into it. Especially Harrow, I love that he has a twinkle in his eye and a bit of a sense of humor. One thing you can accuse the Dune universe of is that he’s a bit of an observation I’m kind of a joker and it’s really fun and it really plays to my strengths, I’m not saying I’m funny, I’m just saying I enjoy doing it.
Boyana Nikitovich is “Dune: prophetic“The lead costume designer and the cool black lines she created for the Harkonnens helped define and shape their characters.
“Yeah, the clothes are amazing, and it’s amazing what they do to you,” Davis explains. “Not that I would recommend it, but you can do no prep and you suddenly have a lot to work with. The whole ruffle thing is great and it does give it a slightly flashy tone. And then there was this one where I had to wear a huge furry cape that was actually quite heavy so I would be in pain by the end of the shoot, but there was some good symbolism in that because it was a status symbol, that kind of Big fur.
“It felt so relatable. The costumes really did a lot. And the hair was fun. I walked into the makeup chair, got my hair cut, and thought, ‘Okay, this is one of those shows where everyone has weird hair. I can’ Don’t wait for this. Then I walked onto the set and everyone seemed normal.
Adi’s thick clothes are equally oppressive, perfectly suited to Yevgeny’s bristly, barnacle-like demeanor.
“The leather they used to make the jackets had such a weird texture that you couldn’t tell what kind of creature it came from,” he recalls. “We don’t know, it could be a whale. When you look in the mirror with all this gear on, you think, ‘I can almost smell the fish.'” It makes you feel like you’re living in this icy fishy A world where the attention to detail in clothing is incredible.
Harrow’s uncomfortable scenes during the Landslade meeting contribute to Davies’s portrayal of the young baron, even though he appears awkward among all these nobles.
“It’s very hard on you to shoot a scene where you have so many people looking at you and listening to you,” Davis said. “I’m not a confident person by nature, so this was very useful. I think the strength he found seemed to be solidified when he was interrupted by the speaker, who was being laughed at for being a Harkonnen, as he read Legal Kanly thought, “Actually, I’m going to do it. “Up until that point, he had basically just played a big politician who was suddenly faced with a scene where he had to speak, and the scene also involved visual effects, and although it was long, it was easy. You would feel nervous talking to the emperor.
Addy didn’t have a dramatic on-screen death scene as King Robert Baratheon in Game of Thrones, but in Dune: Prophecy, Addy finally performed in a powerful scene with Emily Watson got the death he deserved.
“Well, Yevgeny has been consumed by bitterness toward Valya for over thirty years, so when she comes forward again, they’re back to where they were before she left Rankivel to join the sisterhood,” he pointed out. “He is responsible for the loss of Griffin, who was our best hope, the future of our family, the person who would guide us back to the power we once had and where we belong, and the troubles we fell into were all hers. wrong.
“It’s just a dream to have someone like Emily play the opposite scenario. You get out what you give. It’s a real back and forth. It’s a scary scene but it’s actually a joy and it shows Now that Varya is capable of this, if she is willing to let her family die at her feet, what else can she do?
Dune: Prophecy airs every Sunday exclusively on HBO and Max.