Zendaya suffered “terrible heatstroke” while filming ‘Dune: Part Two’

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Zendaya has reflected on a “lesson learned” after getting a “terrible heatstroke” while filming Dune: Part Two.The film was recently named on NME’s 20 best films of 2024, coming in at Number 11, with NME writing: “Truly heroic movie-making; landing in our eyeballs as a triumph of cinematic art and craft, with the production design again brilliantly mingling familiar sci-fi elements.”In a new interview with W Magazine, the Euphoria actress reflected on the physical challenges of playing Chani in the sci-fi epic.

Recalling filming the Denis Villeneuve-directed flick, Zendaya said it was “very hot” on location in Jordan. “I remembered thinking, ‘Oh, man, the bathrooms are so far away,’ because we had to hike to the locations,” she said.“If you have to pee, you need at least 10 minutes to get out of the costumes.

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.”She went on to explain that when she got heatstroke, she was left feeling nauseous after not drinking enough water. “I remember calling my mom on the bathroom floor, saying, ‘I feel terrible,'” she said. “She was like, ‘Did you drink water today?’ I said no.

I thought I was being smart, but you can’t do that. So, lesson learned.”Elsewhere, she reflected on the transition between filming Challengers and Dune: Part Two, saying the tennis training worked to her advantage. “What was so great is I had been training with the boys on Challengers every day,” she said. “And [I] was in the best shape that I had been in a really long time.“For Dune, the costumes were very heavy and restrictive.