“And even Stilgar (a Fremen chief played by Javier Bardem), he says, ‘Don’t waste your water on the dead,’ and things like that.
“So, it’s like wanting to evoke emotion but not being able to cry, and what does that mean?
“Because I’m used to just like, ‘’Alright, well, let’s just cry!’ And how do you just hold them right there and not let them fall?”
“And then you have to let them fall in a very specific moment. So you have to hold, and then they can only fall when a specific thing happens – without giving things away, then I’m allowed to let the tear fall.
“So it was, for me, just about holding on to her composure, but also being emotional.”
Zendaya added there was a scene where she “accidentally cried”, and her tears were removed in post-production.
She added: “How do you convey this emotion but also stay true to who the character is, and things that would be very true and honest for them? Those are the seeds.”
‘Dune: Part Two’ sees a rebellion that first began on the Arrakis planet break out after the world is left in the hands of the brutal Harkonnens.
The Fremen people end up uniting to face a war for their homes and way of life in the film, which also stars Austin Butler, Christopher Walken, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Dave Bautista.
