We finally figured out what that Sardaukar chanter was saying in Dune: Florence Pugh is being courted to join Dune: Part 2
was only the first part of a two-movie adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi series-starter, we were left with a big cliffhanger and plenty of question marks. Some of those marks followed sentences like “Will Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya kiss?” and “When will the jihad start?” and “Desert…power?” But now at least one of those questions—”Who will play the Emperor’s daughter, Princess Irulan?”—has a potential answer: Florence Pugh.
Irulan was played by Virginia Madsen in David Lynch’s take on the property, but serves mostly as a narrator to the proceedings of the book until Herbert’s sequel,. Still, it’s a major role: Running around with the Emperor of the Known Universe, acting as a key political player in Paul Atreides’ continued struggles—Pugh would be biting off a lot and setting the stage for more than justBut there’s a lot up in the air between now and then.