In fact,Dune: Part Twobrought Walken out of a four-year acting break.
I had, of course, seen the first Dune a number of times.
I loved it, and I admired [Villeneuves] movies.
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Arrival, I thought, was wonderful.
And of course, thats what I do for a living.
It was only, I think, three weeks.
So, everything about it was attractive, he said to the magazine.
I think it was for Han Solo, Walken shared.
Yes, I auditioned for it.
And if Im not mistaken, my partner in the audition wasI think this is trueit was Jodie Foster.
I think we did a screen test.
Im not sure we did a scene.
Maybe we just sat in front of, in those days, those old videotape cameras…
I did audition for Star Wars, but so did about 500 other actors.
It was lots of people doing that.
Dune: Part Two is now out in theaters.
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