‘Dune: Prophecy’ star was initially suspicious of “feminist” spin-off because the book was written by “a bloke in the ’60s”

nme.com:

Dune: Prophecy star Olivia Williams says she was initially suspicious of a “feminist” spin-off project because the book was written by “a bloke in the ’60s”.The Dune prequel series is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides in the recent Denis Villeneuve films, and is based on the novel Sisterhood Of Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.

Anderson. It follows a gathering of Harkonnen women as they plot to establish a new covenant known as the Bene Gesserit.Williams stars in the show alongside Emily Watson.

The pair are part of the covenant where the women have supernatural powers.At first, Williams revealed that she had reservations about joining the Dune universe.She told The Guardian: “I had my suspicions about feminist TV based on a novel written by a bloke in the ’60s.

And there are some elements that are very based in the patriarchy.“There’s this fascination of, what do women get up to when men aren’t around, and what kind of wisdom is it that men are frightened of?