Jason Momoa has shared new details about his role in Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel Dune, saying his character Duncan Idaho is “kind of the Han Solo-esque of the group.”
Appearing on a recent lockdown edition of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Momoa provided some background information about his character for those who might be unfamiliar with the original source material and the sprawling mythology.
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“I get to play this character Duncan Idaho, who’s kind of a master swordsman who’s made the right-hand man to Duke Leto, who is Oscar Isaac’s [character],” he explained. “He’s the first person to be sent out to land on Dune, and that’s when I meet the character that Javier Bardem plays. I can’t believe I had a scene with Javier Bardem! It’s him and Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson and Stellan Skarsgård. It’s a pretty massive film and I get to be this little—he’s kind of the Han Solo-esque of the group. He’s kind of the rogue warrior who protects Timothée Chalamet and he serves Oscar Isaac.”
Momoa is the latest in a long line of actors who have shown their skills as the renowned swordmaster, who was introduced in the first novel of Herbert’s seminal series and has been brought to life on the screen many times since. Idaho was initially portrayed by Richard Jordan in David Lynch’s cinematic version of Dune in 1984, and then by James Watson in the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries. Edward Atterton later assumed the role, playing the character for a short run on the 2003 Children of Dune miniseries, which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects.
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Villeneuve’s reboot is the first of a planned duology adapting the original book, which chronicles the struggle between warring houses in a distant future where a psychotropic spice known as Melange is the most coveted resource in the universe.
The film has an ensemble cast of Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem.
For an official first look at the characters in their costumes, take a peek at the latest crop of photos from the upcoming Dune adaptation.
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Source: IGN.com Dune: Jason Momoa Reveals Details About His 'Han Solo-Esque' Character