Zendaya Recounts Getting Heatstroke On ‘Dune: Part Two’ Set Due To “Fear Of Peeing Myself”
deadline.comZendaya had a dehydration-induced health scare on the set of Dune: Part Two due to the remote desert location of the sequel.
The Golden Globe winner revealed she suffered heatstroke while filming the Denis Villeneuve-helmed adaptation in Jordan, where the nearest bathroom was a “hike” away, so she opted not to drink water. “It was very hot, and I remember thinking, ‘Oh, man, the bathrooms are so far away,’ because we had to hike to the locations.
If you have to pee, you need at least 10 minutes to get out of the costumes,” she explained to W Magazine. “I was like, Damn, I don’t want to drink too much water.
I had such a fear of peeing myself or shitting myself, honestly, in the suit on set,” Zendaya continued. “One day, I didn’t drink enough and I had a heatstroke.
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