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Zendaya Talked About Her “Awkward” Space-Flirting With Timothée Chalamet’s Character In “Dune: Part Two”
Zendaya Talked About Her "Awkward" Space-Flirting With Timothée Chalamet's Character In "Dune: Part Two",Glad to know it's awkward for everyone. ?

Zendaya Talked About Her “Awkward” Space-Flirting With Timothée Chalamet’s Character In “Dune: Part Two”

I would imagine it wouldn’t be too hard to flirt with Timothée Chalamet, but perhaps in character is a different story.

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“Awkward and uncomfortable — there’s all those things,” revealed Zendaya. “I was like, Does Chani get awkward? Does that happen to her? Does she know what that feels like?” she wondered.

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“Zendaya is a fierce warrior. [Her character] has a very strong opinion about her world, about the politics of this world, about the religions, and all the impact of colonization on their culture, but there’s something about that young man that cracks her heart,” Denis explained.

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“And Timothée,” Denis added, “[He] did a beautiful job to bring that sincerity onscreen.”

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And there was also the question of time when it came to creating that “spark.” What might have helped — and added pressure — were the pros and cons of filming during “magic hour,” a tiny sliver of time just after sunset that produces a golden wash.

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“​​There’s kind of, like, a ticking timer,” said Zendaya of the experience. But the upside was that, by returning to the set over several days, they could mull over how to approach it differently each time. “Every time we revisited it, we kind of got to sleep on it and think about it, and come up with a new set of ideas.”

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“I think something we can all relate to is just love,” Zendaya added. “These characters literally live on another planet, right? They’re aliens. It was interesting finding these tender moments in such turmoil and chaos. These characters are just young people forced into really, really intense circumstances.”

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