# So who's playing Feyd Rautha? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509 "2019-06-14T13:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509/1 "2019-06-14T13:26:41Z")
Been looking through the internet and still can’t find out who is cast as Feyd Rautha in [Denis Villeneuve’s Dune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2020_film)). Lots of big names: Brolin, Bautista, Momoa, Bardem and Skarsgard are just a few. But there’s still no word on Feyd. I sort of hope Sting gets the part again. As long as they don’t try to put him back in that speedo. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509/2 "2019-06-14T13:37:59Z")
Wow, this is the first I’ve heard of this. The casting actually looks brilliant, except for Momoa as Duncan Idaho - my mental image of Duncan was always a lithe, fast fighter, not a hulking giant. And Stellan Skarsgard looks like he’d blow over in a high wind, though I’m sure they’ll be able to flesh him out to play the Baron. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509/3 "2019-06-14T14:09:33Z")
I will miss hearing Jose Ferrer saying, “Bring in that floating fat man!” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509/4 "2019-06-14T15:08:18Z")
Rumors of Tye Sheridan (Cyclops in the new, younger incarnation of the Xmen franchise) as Feyd… > **["Dune" Casting of Feyd Harkonnen Spotted on IMDb, then Vanishes](https://bleedingcool.com/movies/dune-casting-feyd-harkonnen-spotted-on-imdb-vanishes/)** > > As the cast continues to fill out for the 2020 reboot of Frank Herbert's Dune, one of the sharp-eyed readers of DuneFan2020 twitter account noticed that ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509/5 "2019-06-14T16:38:12Z")
Interesting. But I’ve not seen anything with Tye Sheridan so my only impression is a somewhat plain, unremarkable choice for a key player. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mr.Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509/6 "2019-06-14T22:24:58Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Wow, this is the first I’ve heard of this. The casting actually looks brilliant, except for Momoa as Duncan Idaho - my mental image of Duncan was always a lithe, fast fighter, not a hulking giant. > > And Stellan Skarsgard looks like he’d blow over in a high wind, though I’m sure they’ll be able to flesh him out to play the Baron. I agree with you on this. I could however see Momoa as Gurney Halleck. Then maybe Josh Brolin could play Duncan Idaho - I think that would work much better. I really hope they do this one right. The 1984 version was horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509/7 "2019-06-14T22:42:25Z")
Well, I hope they signed Momoa on for a six-film deal… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-playing-feyd-rautha/835509/8 "2019-06-15T00:14:13Z")
Actually, since the current plan is to just do Dune with no plans for the later books, Jason Momoa is a good choice for Idaho. If they do decide to do sequels later, Momoa would have to up his acting game.