Since their early 20s,Emily WatsonandOlivia Williams careers have run on parallel tracks.
The two never ended up on stage together.
Partly because there arent that many scripts around for two leading ladies of the same age, adds Watson.
Emily Watson, left, and Olivia Williams in ‘Dune: Prophecy’HBO
That was how it was sold to me.
Show me a younger sister that doesnt feel undermined, says Williams.
The worst thing for a child is to be ignored.
Emily Watson and Olivia Williams in ‘Dune: Prophecy’MAX
Youd rather have negative attention than no attention at all.
And being the good girl meant Tula was ignored.
With their lingering trauma and steely resolve, these two sisters are a combustion waiting to happen.
In the latter, she has become its driving force.
That her two leads came to the universe lacking the fandom of some their followers did not worry Schapker.
InProphecya near century has passed since humanity defeated thinking machines and gender equality seems all but a distant memory.
Yet, in terms of on-screen representation, the series performs well above the norm.
Theres no real space for two fifty-year-old women.
Thats why this was an extraordinary story.
And the Dune universe provides the most extraordinary palette of colors, places and situations.
Theres no danger of getting bored or it being repetitive, because the possibilities are endless.
Dune: Prophecyis now streaming onMax.
