Dune Prophecy Episode 2 - Two Wolves - Dune Prophecy 102
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00:00We are up against something more powerful than we are. We don't know how
00:04to fight it.
00:10We're in a time of crisis. Protect the sisterhood at all costs.
00:16Open your eyes, your majesty. The sisters have you so blind. You can't see the
00:21truth. You are the strongest among us. We should be leaders of the Imperium. This
00:29complacency is a disease. The past branded us, but the future can redefine
00:37the Harkonnen name. Hard choices will have to be made. What if I ever shied away
00:44from hard choices? We are all just pieces on the board to be played in the
00:50pursuit of power. There are predators in our midst. The hard line must be drawn.
01:00There are many who would turn their weapons against us. This man pledges
01:05his in our defense. For we know he's slipping through our grasp. There is something that we
01:10are not seeing that is countering our every move. You think you can replace me?
01:16I always wondered what your greatest fear would be. Now I have seen it.
01:24They want to use me, make me their puppet. Your sisterhood does everything with a
01:29purpose. And all to what end? If you give any person that much power, their only path
01:35becomes to try and preserve it. What if there is something I could do to help?
01:41Still your breath. Focus your mind. We need you.
01:52The emperor is in no giving mode. It's time to change tactics. I won't fail.
02:00She cares nothing for this house, only herself. All you Harkonnens are cowards.
02:05I will not apologize for my strength. We're the same, you and I. Two wolves, one to feed,
02:12with no care for the cost.
02:18You never chose the Harkonnens. Sorceress.
02:23The reckoning is coming.
02:26Let it come.
02:36Valia. Valia Harkonnen.
02:42You will see the burning truth. And know.
02:58As we are exploring the origin of the Bene Gesserit, it was important for us to start out at the seminal moment
03:05of the sisterhood. It was founded by Reverend Mother Rakela, and her shadow falls very heavily over this city.
03:12This is the moment young Valia Harkonnen stakes a claim to the sisterhood.
03:19There's been a power struggle when Rakela died. Valia feels she has no choice but to stop Dorotea,
03:26and she has developed the voice.
03:29Stop!
03:33Me and Emily discussed it a lot, and I always felt that the voice was this ability that we all could have
03:38when you need to survive or defend yourself.
03:41I worked with a voice coach to find a sound that had a sort of resonance to it.
03:46It's like having a molecular connection with the intention of the other person,
03:50so she can say to you, stand up, and you'd find yourself standing up.
03:53I don't think it's something that she relishes doing, but felt was necessary for the sisterhood to lead humanity forward.
04:01The sisterhood takes a dark turn.
04:06Valia is now running the sisterhood and training young women.
04:10They learn truth-saying, and they learn martial arts.
04:17It was a very, very hot day with rain machines and wind machines blowing at us.
04:22We did first a dry run just with the wind, and then we added a little rain,
04:26and then we added more rain.
04:29Anna, director, actually also did the rain test with us.
04:32I'm telling you, if I can do it, you guys can do it.
04:35And that was sort of the first instance that I felt like, yeah, this is a collective. We're a sisterhood.
04:40Valia grows the sisterhood. She grows its presence in the Imperium.
04:45She's working to exert influence behind the scenes.
04:48We are preparing to receive Princess Inez, and we have manipulated her wedding,
04:54and then she's going to come and train with us.
04:58The princess will spend quite a number of years at her school,
05:01and it will give Valia a chance to really secure her allegiance to the sisterhood
05:05before the princess takes the throne.
05:08So I have pretty much achieved everything that I set out to achieve.
05:14And then suddenly, like dominoes, everything just starts going dung, dung, dung all around.
05:20Haviko feels like this wedding that's happening is kind of being done against his better judgment,
05:25but he needs the combat ships that he can use to fight the insurgency on Arrakis.
05:30While he fears what Duke Orchese will do as he gets closer and closer to the throne,
05:36he will lose all political capital if he doesn't get the situation on Arrakis under control.
05:42Inez is actually quite satisfied because she knows what she wants, and she wants to go to the school.
05:49They've created such a bond with each other where Inez looks to Kasha as a mother more than she does her own mother.
05:57The fact that Kasha sees potential in Nez, that means the world to Nez.
06:01She's very inspired by the sisterhood, and especially Kasha.
06:06Kasha is a trucee, and she is the right hand of the emperor.
06:10Her allegiance is to the sisterhood.
06:14Kasha knows there's something that's off with Desmond,
06:18but she's also really transfixed on his eyes, and she can't look away.
06:25For Kasha's vision, we wanted a tremendous feeling of dread, and a sense that this wedding was a mistake.
06:31It's not the first time she's had a vision. This vision is so strong,
06:34and she knows it's important enough to jump ship and convince Mother Superior to stop this wedding.
06:41I can't afford to listen to her.
06:44This is the right match. This is what is going to set the universe on the right path.
06:48I feel one of the most important themes for Tula is the regret she feels for not believing Kasha's prophecy.
06:56We should have read the signs, really.
06:59When Pruitt and Kasha burn simultaneously across the galaxy, it's extraordinary and horrifying at the same time.
07:06Yeah, it's a big weight when your character has to kill a little boy.
07:10Little Charlie is the actor. What a little talented bloke he is.
07:16The burning is a massive achievement of our VFX team.
07:21We were horrified and also impressed with what they were able to do.
07:26We added dampness and wetness to the hair and the skin, so it's like sweating and then steaming.
07:34We shot the scene using an unbelievable model of burnt Kasha.
07:39It essentially looked like her and it felt like her. It was a dreadful scene to have to film.
07:46No one's seen this before, so clues are stacking up that this is something more than just an anomaly.
07:54As Kasha is burning to death, Valya realizes this is the Reckoning,
07:58and then she's racing to try and find the cause of it, what it is, what's behind it.
08:04We definitely are operating firmly in the gray area, where everyone is concerned.
08:10People want to make the world a better place, but at what cost? How ethical are the methods?
08:17I have a line. Perception and reality are not the same. We guide one to shape the other.