Dune: Half Two is coming to theaters later this week and is already receiving rave evaluations, however some on-line communities can solely concentrate on one factor: the now-infamous sandworm-shaped popcorn bucket. The web, being what it’s, took the joke and ran a lot additional with it than anyone actually must when it first caught wind of the monstrosity. I don’t assume I can repeat half the stuff that folk have stated they plan to do with it. However one vital opinion has been silent on the matter till not too long ago: that’s, the opinion of Dune: Half 2’s director, Denis Villeneuve. You inform me what aspect you assume he lands on.
In a latest interview alongside Dune star Timothée Chalamet in The New York Occasions, Villeneuve and Timmy had been requested what they considered the fervor over the popcorn bucket. Villeneuve, ever the consummate skilled who refuses to be caught slipping, said that he was, in truth, conscious of the uproar it had brought about. Right here’s an excerpt from the interview:
“I don’t need to make silly jokes proper that can I remorse tomorrow morning. However I’ll say this. After I noticed it, I went, ‘Hoooooly smoke.’ What the [expletive]!? On the identical time, it created a number of enjoyable on-line. So perhaps it’s optimistic? It’s some form of…spectacular design.”
Chalamet, who it needs to be famous apparently shot Villeneuve a “fast look” because the query landed, makes Villeneuve’s delicate dance across the matter even funnier by roughly slicing to the purpose. “I can’t inform if somebody is at residence proper now going, ‘My design labored completely and everybody’s speaking about it.’ Or if somebody’s brutally offended by the response.” Thanks ModdedController360, for embracing your reality proper there after which. When the world wanted you most, you gave voice to our issues.
The dialog strikes on rapidly, and the 2 are way more charitable to the popcorn bucket and its creators than I’d be, however not earlier than clarifying that Villeneuve was “not personally concerned within the design course of,” in line with Chalamet. Villeneuve jokingly responds, “I believed you had been!” With that cleared up, the following step appears apparent: monitoring down the bucket’s creator and asking them how a lot spice they ingested once they made it.