MAJOR SPOILERS are ahead for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 2, now playing in theaters.
The ending of Dune: Part 2 is here, and despite all the major deaths, nothing hurt more than Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides proverbially stabbing Zendaya’s Chani in the back during its conclusion. During the grand finale for the sequel, Paul Atreides takes his place as the Fremen’s messiah and demands that Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan take his hand in marriage in order to strengthen the houses. In light of the ending, CinemaBlend asked Zendaya and Pugh to weigh in on Paul’s decisions.
The Dune conclusion is especially gutting after seeing Paul and Chani form a romantic connection as he learns the way of the desert from the Fremen and becomes accepted as one of their people. After Paul declared to Chani “I will love you as long as I breathe,” how could he do this to her?
The ending of Dune: Part 2 is here, and despite all the major deaths, nothing hurt more than Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides proverbially stabbing Zendaya’s Chani in the back during its conclusion. During the grand finale for the sequel, Paul Atreides takes his place as the Fremen’s messiah and demands that Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan take his hand in marriage in order to strengthen the houses. In light of the ending, CinemaBlend asked Zendaya and Pugh to weigh in on Paul’s decisions.
The Dune conclusion is especially gutting after seeing Paul and Chani form a romantic connection as he learns the way of the desert from the Fremen and becomes accepted as one of their people. After Paul declared to Chani “I will love you as long as I breathe,” how could he do this to her?
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00:00There are going to people who get to the end of this who are going to be fucking furious at Paul
00:03for what he does. They're going to want to kill him. They're going to want to kill Paul. Do you
00:06have a message to those fans? I agree. I'm on her side.
00:13You know, yeah, there's a lot of I mean, it's it's there's there's betrayal, there's heartbreak.
00:18And especially when you when you build trust, or you think you're building trust with someone or
00:24someone ensures you of something and earns their way in. It can feel like manipulation,
00:31you know, so I think, like I said, I'm on her side. Yeah.
00:37It's deeply sad. Yeah, team team Johnny, I felt that that hashtag team. Yeah.