DuneNearly Went Without Oscar Isaac’s Lustrous, Well-Oiled Beard

Dune seems like it ’s go to be abig , sweeping sci - fi epic , full of cock-a-hoop fights , big idea , and the cinematic dazzle that directorDenis Villeneuvehas craved . Interestingly , and perhaps less reported , we averted a horrifying reality based on one terrible conclusion .

While there ’s mickle of wonderful vistas to goggle at in what we ’ve seen ofDuneso far , perhaps the most marvellous of all has been the stoic , bushy face of Oscar Isaac ’s Duke Leto Atreides , the brawny patriarchof his star sign and the raw rule of the satellite Arrakis . He ’s got courteous coats . His family seems a bit weirdbut all right . But above all , he is Oscar Isaac , and more specifically , he is Oscar Isaac fatigue one of the most gloriously heavyset beards to beautify any kind of screen in 2021 . Shockingly , agree to Dune makeup and haircloth department school principal and prosthetic decorator Donald Mowat , there very nearly could ’ve been no gloriously thick beard at all .

“ I personally did n’t see Oscar Isaac with the byssus ab initio , ” Mowat enjoin in an interview withGQthis week , dedicated to , of course , the most important makeup decision of the total flick . “ When I was work on my Photoshops and concept character — I kind of diligently displume reference materials — I did n’t . When I see that this could bechance and Oscar and Denis had talked about it , I was a piddling bit surprised . ”

We love a space dad, don’t we folks.

We love a space dad, don’t we folks.Screenshot: Warner Bros.

In Frank Herbert ’s classic novel , Leto is n’t delineate as have a beard but has had onein past adaptation , includingDavid Lynch ’s 1984 film , where he was play by Jürgen Prochnow . It ’s a terms worth paying for a smidgin of creative license in adaption then , that we got Isaac ’s commanding , Daddy - Duke - desirable facial hairsbreadth , something that caused Mowat to turn to European royalty like Tsar Nicholas II and Prince Michael of Kent for inspiration . As far as care for said beard goes , GQ writes : “ Maintenance involved shampooing and conditioning , brushing it out , and cut back it regularly — and , of course , the whiskers oil must feed . ”

So majestic was Isaac ’s beard growth — which conduct roughly 14 week — that it influenced Mowat ’s fuzz choices with other extremity of House Atreides , in particular Timothée Chalamet ’s Paul , the Duke ’s Word . “ We observe [ Paul ’s ] hair very wavy , a Leo - comparable mane , ” Mowat . “ He ’s like the new social lion to the erstwhile — this mane of hair blown in the sand and the detritus and the spicery — but he is Lady Jessica ’s son . He ’s pale , he ’s statuesque , he ’s beautiful , but he ’s have his father ’s hair . ” So potent a beard it influences genesis . Given that there’senough fluency in Dune right nowas it is , it ’s for the best we avoided more .

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