Seen recently on the poster of “Between the waves” and “En Corps”, Souheila Yacoub joins the cast of the sequel to “Dune”, signed Denis Villeneuve. This will be the first international project of the Swiss actress.
The big leap for Souheila Yacoub! Seen recently in Cédric Klapisch’s De bas scène, Entre les vague or En Corps, the Swiss actress is joining a major project: the second part of Dune, which is currently filming under the direction of Denis Villeneuve, with a view to a released on November 15, 2023 in French cinemas, according to Deadline.
The actress thus joins Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya or Rebecca Ferguson. And she will be one of the newcomers to this sequel, alongside Austin Butler (Feyd-Rautha), Christopher Walken (Emperor Shaddam IV), Florence Pugh (Princess Irulan) and Léa Seydoux (Lady Margot), another actress francophone of the film.
Shanna Besson Souheila Yacoub in “From the bottom floor”
Souheila Yacoub will play Shishakli, absent from David Lynch’s version. Leader of the Fremen within the Sietch Tabr, who plays a significant role in the career of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet): in Frank Herbert’s novel, it is indeed she who offers the heroes her own hooks, when the young man must prove whether he is capable of riding a sandworm.
A sequence that we will therefore find in the program of the second part of Dune. And now remains to be seen if the role offered to the actress, will be more fleshed out by the filmmaker.