How ‘Dune’ Let Rebecca Ferguson Defy Her Fears of ‘Strong Woman Character’ Typecasting

“Kate, how the fuck are you?,” the “Dune” star asked by way of introduction during a recent Zoom conversation conducted from the guest bedroom of her house in London.No one would ever mistake Rebecca Ferguson for a shrinking violet.

Bawdy and instantly easy to talk to, the Swedish actress was juiced up from rehearsals for her starring role in the upcoming Apple sci-fi series “Wool.” Ferguson said she was still wearing her training clothes and “sitting on a pillow made out of an old cashmere jumper.” She’s not the crafty one, she’s quick to note.

Thank her husband for that.

“I go, ‘Oh, I don’t want this,’ and I’m ready to give it away,” she said.

“And he goes, ‘No, let’s remake it into something!’”Consider that an appropriate ethos for the star of Denis Villeneuve’s massively ambitious take on Frank Herbert’s sprawling sci-fi novel “Dune.

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