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Along with Florence Pugh and Austin Butler, French actor Lea Seydoux plays one of the pivotal characters in Frank Herbert’sDunenovels who gets a cinematic adaptation in Denis Villeneuve’s sweeping sequel,Dune 2. The former Bond girl portrays Lady Margot Fenring who has a small but significant part in the character arc of Butler’s chilling villain, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen.
At the premiere ofDune 2, Seydoux spoke about her character and revealed that her main scenes were filmed with Austin Butler in the film. She claimed that a particularly seductive and intimate scene that she shared with theElvisactor was an exciting experience for her.
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Who Is Lea Seydoux’s Lady Margot Fenring inDune 2?
Among the plethora of characters who define the 6Dunenovels of Frank Herbert, one of the integral roles in Denis Villeneuve’sDune 2will be played by Leo Seydoux. The French star will portray Lady Margot Fenring who appears in the first book but has a bigger impact and importance in the prelude to theDunenovels.
Like Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica, Seydoux’s Lady Margot is a member of the Bene Gesserit also known as the Sisterhood – an ancient organization of female spies, religious experts, and scientists whose mystic origins and elevated mental skills define their powerful position in the societal order.
In the book, Lady Margot is the wife of Count Hasimir Fenring and a close friend of Emperor Saddam, the head of the House of Corrino and the Emperor of the Known Universe played by Christopher Walken. In the film, theNo Time to Diestar will play a key role in connection with the Sisterhood and the fates ofAustin Butler’s deadly antagonist, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen and Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides.
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Lea Seydoux Enjoyed Her Sizzling Scene With Austin Butler
WhileLea Seydouxmay only have a small part inDune 2, the impact of her character is much more significant. A powerful member of the Bene Gesserit, Seydoux’s Lady Margot Fenring will be a key factor in the legacy of the film’s bald-headed villain played byAustin Butler.
The French star revealed that most of her scenes were with Butler as the two characters had an important connection with the Sisterhood. Clearly a fan of the handsome actor, Seydoux confessed toThe Hollywood Insiderthat one s*xy pivotal scene with the terrifying antagonist was a lot of fun.
“My scenes with Austin, you know, it was kind of exciting. I had this scene where I am supposed to seduce him and that was something that was fun which we shot in a small town in Italy.”
With both actors known for possessing arresting charisma on screen, their pairing already looks to be one that will be talked about for a while.
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The Significance Of Lady Margot’s Seduction InDune 2
The pivotal scene between Lea Seydoux and Austin Butler inDune 2holds a lot of importance in the larger picture of theDunenarrative. Deeply tied to the Sisterhood, Lady Margot use her allure as an ulterior motive to draw information from Butler’s character and report it back to the Bene Gesserit.
This ties in directly with the Sisterhood’s reluctance to accept Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides as the only superhuman male Bene Gesserit who will save humanity. This then leads to a plan which involves Lady Margot seducing Harkonnen to produce the next Kwisatz Haderach, the one who possesses the ultimate clairvoyant power to predict the future who will challenge Chalamet’s bid to be the Messiah.
The act is also significant because it establishes the antagonist as someone who possesses a weakness that can be manipulated by the Bene Gesserit. This in turn, will play a major part in his predicament and evolution inDune 3.
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