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Golden Globe winner Zendaya has revealed that she suffered dehydration-induced health concerns on the set of Dune: Part Two due to the remote desert location of the hit 2021 film sequel.
The actress said she suffered heat stroke while shooting for the Denis Villeneuve-directed film in Jordan, where the nearest bathroom was some distance away, so she decided not to drink water, reports deadline.com.
“It was so hot, and I remember thinking, ‘Oh, man, the bathrooms are so far away,’ because we had to walk to places. If you had to pee, you had to at least get out of the costume. “It takes less than 10 minutes,” she explained to W Magazine.
“I was like, hey, I don’t want to drink too much water.”
The actress said that she is afraid of getting dirty while wearing a suit on the set.
“One day, I didn’t drink enough and I got a heat stroke. I felt very icy. I remember calling my mom on the bathroom floor and saying, ‘I feel so bad.’ She said, ‘Did you drink water today?’ I said no. I thought I was being clever, but you can’t do that. So, lesson learned.”
After David Lynch adapted Frank Herbert’s Dune for his 1984 space opera, Villeneuve returned to the source material for his adaptation Dune (2021) and this year’s Dune: Part Two.
The first film won six Oscars, with the two films grossing a combined $1.12 billion globally.
The franchise has spawned the prequel series Dune: Prophecy, which recently debuted. It also stars Indian actress Tabu.
Villeneuve told Deadline in November that he plans to begin filming the third installment of the film franchise, based on Herbert’s ’69 novel Dune Messiah, in late 2025 or 2026.
The first installment of “Dune” set in the distant future, the film follows Paul Atreides as his family, the aristocratic House Atreides, is involved in the war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.
Dune: Part Two follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to wage war against House Harkonnen.
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