The 'Elvis' leading man goes completely bald to play villain Feyd-Rautha in the sci-fi/adventure film, who is the evil nephew of Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard) and the brother of Glossu Rabban (Dave Bautista).
- February 3, 2024
AceShowbiz - Austin Butler didn't regret his no-brow look in "Dune: Part Two". In fact, the "Elvis" leading man revealed in an interview that it was "liberating not having eyebrows."
The 32-year-old actor shared insight into his epic transformation when appearing in the Thursday, February 1 episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". He said, "It was so liberating not having eyebrows... You don't realize how much they weigh you down. I was just streamlined."
Austin went on to divulge that he didn't even need to shave his eyebrows for the role. "I was going to a job right after," he explained, "and this director named Jeff Nichols said, 'They can afford to make you bald cap but we can't really make you hair. So, can you just get a bald cap?' So that's what I did."
Austin, who was joined by his co-stars Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya Coleman and Florence Pugh, added that the hair and makeup team of "Dune" sculpted a special bald cap to conceal his eyebrows. "It was three hours a day," he said of the time it took to get him ready, "and that was when they brought it down."
The Golden Globe Award winner goes completely bald to play villain Feyd-Rautha. Feyd-Rauth is the evil nephew of Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard) and the brother of the sadistic Glossu Rabban, played by Dave Bautista. Sting previously portrayed the role in David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation.
"He's someone Machiavellian, much more cruel, much more strategic and is more narcissistic," director Denis Villeneuve told Vanity Fair about Austin's character. "Rabban wants to please," he latter added about the differences between the two Harkonnen nephews.
"He wants to please the baron. He wants to shine in front of his uncle, but there's something touching about Rabban because he's a bad strategist. He's not very intelligent," Denis further explained. "Rabban finds himself, at the end of part one, in the position where he doesn't have the brain to be able to manage and control all these operations. Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is a very clever, very charismatic figure, and much more brilliant."
