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Chalamet's Paul seems to lack the unshakeable self-confidence of McLaughlin's Paul from the few seconds I saw in the trailer. Paul should not wince during gob-j

Chalamet's Paul seems to lack the unshakeable self-confidence of McLaughlin's Paul from the few seconds I saw in the trailer. Paul should not wince during gob-jabber. Nor should he grimace in pain or fear in battle.

SQueeeeeL 6y ago
Isn't the whole point to Paul is that he realizes how screwed he is about half way through book 1 (causing space genocide) and just endlessly runs from his own destiny and hides away in his castle for all of book 2.
- rcarmo 6y ago
  technically, he actually hid away by faking his death and traipsing around as a blind beggar, but I see your point about "hiding" in plain sight :)
mustntmumble 6y ago
In the book it described Paul feeling almost unbearable pain, almost to the point where he was pushed too far, but the Priestess turned off the gom-jabbar just in time. Wincing was the last of Pauls problems at that moment... Paul was not a cold robotic person - he was subject to great emotions all the way through the book. Also: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QrCfivcQe48/hqdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QrCfivcQe48/hqdefault.jpg
- stevekemp 6y ago
  In the book it is revealed that the tester gave him _more_ pain than she'd ever used on any previous test. She almost wanted him to fail.
- otachack 6y ago
  Just a note: the gom jabbar is the poisonous needle while the box was the pain component of the humanity test.
jariel 6y ago
Yes, what you are sensing is something much deeper though. People are much less serious and more affable, gregarious than they were even 50 years ago - and it comes out in everything, dialogue, disposition. You can tell immediately, before they say a line, it's how they stand, and in their faces. Go and look at 'Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin' - the big baddie from from Star Wars who very confidently dismissed and told off Darth Vader ("Enough of this. Vader, release him!"). This guy would embody the quasi-aristocratic head of say, the East India Company Governor back in the day. A kind of cold, callous, calculating CEO, who's involved in war, blood, serious repercussions etc.. English stage actors have the ability to do this. Most of the cast of Lynch's Dune were well trained actors, and Kyle MacLachlan just had a very special air about him.
specialist 6y ago
Chalamet's Hal in The King is just perfect. He's the only reason I'm interested in watching this Dune. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7984766/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7984766/

SQueeeeeL 6y ago

Isn't the whole point to Paul is that he realizes how screwed he is about half way through book 1 (causing space genocide) and just endlessly runs from his own destiny and hides away in his castle for all of book 2.

rcarmo 6y ago
technically, he actually hid away by faking his death and traipsing around as a blind beggar, but I see your point about "hiding" in plain sight :)

mustntmumble 6y ago

In the book it described Paul feeling almost unbearable pain, almost to the point where he was pushed too far, but the Priestess turned off the gom-jabbar just in time. Wincing was the last of Pauls problems at that moment... Paul was not a cold robotic person - he was subject to great emotions all the way through the book. Also: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QrCfivcQe48/hqdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QrCfivcQe48/hqdefault.jpg

stevekemp 6y ago
In the book it is revealed that the tester gave him _more_ pain than she'd ever used on any previous test. She almost wanted him to fail.
otachack 6y ago
Just a note: the gom jabbar is the poisonous needle while the box was the pain component of the humanity test.

jariel 6y ago

Yes, what you are sensing is something much deeper though. People are much less serious and more affable, gregarious than they were even 50 years ago - and it comes out in everything, dialogue, disposition. You can tell immediately, before they say a line, it's how they stand, and in their faces. Go and look at 'Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin' - the big baddie from from Star Wars who very confidently dismissed and told off Darth Vader ("Enough of this. Vader, release him!"). This guy would embody the quasi-aristocratic head of say, the East India Company Governor back in the day. A kind of cold, callous, calculating CEO, who's involved in war, blood, serious repercussions etc.. English stage actors have the ability to do this. Most of the cast of Lynch's Dune were well trained actors, and Kyle MacLachlan just had a very special air about him.

specialist 6y ago

Chalamet's Hal in The King is just perfect. He's the only reason I'm interested in watching this Dune. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7984766/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7984766/