Emily Watson as Valya Harkonnen
The primary episode of Prophecy begins with Valya explaining her household’s place on the planet. Whereas most viewers affiliate the title Harkonnen with the scheming Baron, Valya insists that her household was unfairly shamed by duplicitous Atreides in the course of the warfare in opposition to “Considering Machines” (learn: AI) a century earlier. Valya sees a method ahead for her household by means of the Sisterhood, a non secular order that finally turns into the Bene Gesserit.
Prophecy overcomes any prejudices viewers might need by casting Emily Watson as Valya. A veteran of stage and display, Watson has an inherent sweetness and vulnerability, qualities that led to standout performances in Breaking the Waves and Punch-Drunk Love. Watson started within the Royal Shakespeare Firm, coaching that serves her nicely whereas delivering Valya lengthy and infrequently intentionally obscure monologues. However will that be sufficient to make folks see Valya as a hero?
Olivia Williams as Tula Harkonnen
The place Valya sees the Sisterhood as a method to revive the respect of her household, her sibling Tula sees it as a great unto its self. As a Reverend Mom inside the Sisterhood, Tula devotes her time much less to scheming energy performs and extra in direction of educating her prices the basics of their beliefs. Regardless of her variations in method, Tula nonetheless deeply loves Valya and exhibits quite a lot of endurance for the latter’s plans.
Like Watson, Olivia Williams has an extended and spectacular profession in movie, tv, and theaters. Moviegoers could know her greatest for supporting roles in The Sixth Sense and Rushmore, the place she performed girls who supplied stability in advanced conditions. That have will serve Williams nicely whereas portraying Tula, as will her historic analysis. As Williams instructed Den of Geek earlier this yr, she and Watson ready for his or her roles by learning the portraits of Tudor sisters Mary and Elizabeth within the Nationwide Portrait Gallery.
Mark Robust as Emperor Javicco Corrino
Though he solely had a couple of minutes of display time, the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV (Christopher Walken) made his presence recognized all through each Dune movies. His distant ancestor Javicco Corrino can be far more noticeable in Dune: Prophecy, however will he be simpler? The scion of the home who established itself within the fallout of the warfare in opposition to Considering Machines, Javicco guidelines an empire in transition, nonetheless making an attempt to determine the best way to reside with out computer systems. As future establishments such because the Bene Gesserit and the Spacing Guild rise, Javicco’s weaknesses can be theirs to take advantage of.
Weak point isn’t usually a phrase related to Mark Robust, and never simply due to his surname. Robust likes to play scheming villains, most lately stepping in for John Turturro as Carmine Falcone in The Penguin, but in addition as Physician Sivana in Shazam!, Sinestro in Inexperienced Lantern, and Frank D’Amico in Kick-Ass. Robust will get to indicate off one other set of abilities as Javicco, a person who can not sustain with the schemers round him.
