Stellan Skarsgård revealed to Enterprise Insider that he spent eight hours within the make-up chair in an effort to remodel into the villainous Baron Vladimir Harkonnen for “Dune: Half Two.” That may appear to be an terrible expertise to some, however for Skarsgård it’s most popular to counting on any form of VFX for reworking into his characters.

“It was painful, but it surely was price it,” Skarsgård stated. “We needed him to be so effectively outlined as a picture that he made an imprint on folks simply by exhibiting up on the display. And that imprint ought to final all through the movie with out having him present up on a regular basis.”

Per Enterprise Insider: “He recalled an analogous occasion virtually twenty years in the past when he performed the barnacle-covered Bootstrap Invoice within the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise. When it got here time to decide on between sporting prosthetics or just doing his scenes with motion-capture dots on his face, Skarsgård opted for hours within the make-up chair.”

“I used to be the one one on set with actual prosthetics on,” Skarsgåard stated. “Everybody else on that ship confirmed up 5 minutes earlier than we began taking pictures and had dots placed on their face, and away they went. I had been there for six hours. However the factor is, I prefer it. I wish to see the artists paint, if that is sensible.”

The “Dune” films are the most recent Hollywood tentpoles starring Skarsgåard, who appeared in a number of Marvel films as “Dr. Erik Selvig.” His most up-to-date Marvel Cinematic Universe look was in 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder.” When requested about latest Marvel field workplace disappointments and if he thinks films like “Dune” and “Oppenheimer” imply creativity is being restored within the massive price range film, the actor answered: “I do, in a manner.”

“These movies you named made some huge cash, so it makes the studio heads brave,” Skarsgåard stated. “Nevertheless it solely takes one flop to make them scared once more. The factor is, it takes a whole lot of expertise to make an ‘Oppenheimer’ or a ‘Dune,’ and we are able to’t produce that a lot expertise sufficient to have 100 releases like that every yr. However I feel the cinema will survive.”

“They may return to how the multiplex was supposed to be,” he added. “The most important screens present the largest blockbusters, and the smaller screens present different movies. What has been occurring is that they present the identical shit on all of the screens. I feel that can change. I’m optimistic.”

“Dune: Half Two” is now taking part in in theaters nationwide from Warner Bros.