Zendaya Gushes About Working With Timothée Chalamet & Her Audition For Dune

Zendaya sat down with Empire magazine to chat about her upcoming film, Dune. Zendaya plays the role of Chani in this upcoming adaptation, set to premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. Highlights from her interview are below.

On why she chose to audition: “Not a super crazy story. I wish it were more exciting. When I found out that it was being made, I was extremely interested. I’ve always wanted to be a part of something sci-fi like that, and I’m a huge fan of Denis. I just went after it and auditioned.”

On working with Timothée Chalamet: “We met at my chemistry-read. I felt like we’d known each other forever, like this was my homie growing up. We became really great friends. He’s obviously very talented and really passionate about his job and takes it very seriously, and I think it shows in his career. Taking on this massive movie, I would be terrified, you know what I mean? But he handles it with such grace. He’s brilliant.”

You can check out even more from her interview here. Dune will open in theaters on October 22.