Timothe Chalamet Gushes Over Loving 'Dune' Costar Zendaya Like His Sister

Timothe Chalamet has endless praises for fellow Dune costar, Zendaya.

In an interview with Variety , the 26-year-old revealed that Zendayas role as Chani in the upcoming sequel would include more screen time than the first film. In 2021s Dune, many fans were bummed to discover Zendaya emerged on screen for only a mere seven minutes , appearing primarily in dream sequences.

She hasnt wrapped yet, and its amazing, Chalamet told the outlet. Shes bringing exactly what she brought to the first one which was incredible but in greater abundance.

The Bones and All actor went on to gush over how the Euphoria star, 26, has really become a sister to him.

Im so grateful to count her as a partner and a sister and a friend, he said.

Chalamet also shared that its been amazing for the pals to pow-wow with each other over their recent experiences working with Italian film director Luca Guadagnino.

Zendaya recently worked on Challengers , a romantic comedy by Guadagnino, who also directed Chamalets romantic cannibalism movie Bones and All and 2017s Call Me by Your Name.

Speaking on working with Chalamet on Dune, the Emmy winner previously mentioned to People , Im just so grateful that this experience has been with this guy because hes massively talented but also such a good person. Weve been able to have fun and become great friends.

Chalamet added of his costar: She was like a breath of fresh air. She had a great energy.

In a conversation with The Los Angeles Times last October, Dune director Denis Villeneuve explained that the first movie focuses on only about half of the novel its based on by author Frank Herbert.

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He added that Zendaya would appear more in the sequel as her character takes a bigger lead.

There are some characters that are less developed that Im keeping for the second film thats the way I found the equilibrium, he said. We tried in this movie to stay as close as possible to Pauls experience. Then, in the second one, I will have time to develop some characters that were left aside a little bit. Thats the theory. I hope it will work.

The films second installment, Dune: Part Two, is set to release on Nov. 3, 2023.