Dr. Kynes is Dune’s ecological conscience. Was that a compelling theme to explore in a film of this scale?
There’s no time like now to really take a look at what we do as humans to our planet. To have Kynes, this human being who is loyal to the rhythm of life on Arrakis, who is at the same time trying to keep the peace, and trying to make sure things happen smoothly and legally, but is also trying to come up with new concepts in her labs, I loved that. If we all took a scintilla of that energy, we’d all be in a better place.