[jyl]

One thing I liked in Part 1 was the casting of Timothee Chalamet. He seems like what Paul Atriedes would be: brought up under a microscope, both closely sheltered and rigorously trained, grown up watching every word and motion and never showing his genuine reaction, with almost no-one to trust or be relaxed with, separated from general society by his status and the constant threat of assasination, an inward person with a practiced outward face, a slight young man, easily under-estimated in the shadow of his dynamic father and other-worldly mother. The Harkonnen and the Fremen thought little of him, until they learned better.

The performance of Lady Jessica in Part 1 was bad. They made her act like any other people, emotional and vulnerable. In reality, she was the most dangerous person in any room, and always held herself under rigid control, a skill she taught Paul.