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Robert Pattinson recently teased his “incredible” experience filming Dune 3.

What did Robert Pattinson say about filming Dune 3?

Pattinson is one of the stars of Dune: Part Three, the final chapter in Denis Villeneuve‘s acclaimed sci-fi trilogy. Pattinson’s role remains under wraps. However, he is rumored to be playing Scytale, the film’s villain.

While he remained silent on his role, Pattinson raved about the unique opportunity he experienced on the set of Dune 3.

“You’ll never experience these things in any other profession,” Pattinson said to GQ. “I mean, literally, I was experiencing things which hardly anybody in history has or will ever experience, and it’s just absolutely incredible.”

One of Pattinson’s co-stars is Zendaya, who returns to play Chani. Pattinson also worked with Zendaya on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama. While working on Zendaya, Pattinson recalled the moment when it finally kicked in that he was on a Dune set.

“Being out in the desert shooting Dune, it’s weird,” Pattinson recalled. “I remember shooting a scene with Zendaya, the first scene we shot together out in the desert, I’m like, ‘Oh! We’re, like, in Dune!’ And she’s like, ‘Yeah . . . we’re doing a Dune movie.’ But it really was like, ‘It really feels like you’re in a Dune movie.’ It was really, really fun.”

In Dune: Part Three, Timothée Chalamet reprises his role as Paul Atreides. The movie will jump ahead 15 to 20 years into the future from when we last saw Paul. Dune 3 also stars Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia Atreides, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa as Leto II Atreides, and Ida Brooke as Ghanima Atreides.

Villeneuve directs Dune: Part Three from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts. The movie is based on Dune Messiah, a 1969 novel by Frank Herbert.

Dune: Part Three is scheduled to be released on December 18, 2026.