Swedish actor and "Mamma Mia" star Stellan Skarsgård wants to address the 600-pound villain in the "Dune." There were no computer-generated imagery enhancements for his complete transformation into ...

Stellan Skarsgard as Baron Harkonnen smoking hookah in a bath in Dune 2. Blended image of a Paul Atreides (Timothee) Chalamet closeup with other Dune charcters in the background.

In his doomed effort to tackle the book in the 1970s, director Alejandro Jodorowsky hoped to cast Orson Welles as the Baron and recruited Swiss artist H.R. Giger, who would go on to worldwide ...

But that’s exactly what Stellan Skarsgård had to do not once, but twice, to play the evil Baron Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films. And while the actor admitted the process was ...

Bringing iconic sci-fi villains to the screen in director Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' was a massive special effects undertaking for every department.

Dune’s Baron Harkonnen Fully Revealed Via New Action Figure. September 16, 2020. ... The trailer offered a hint of Stellan Skarsgard‘s version in what looked like a mud bath, ...

With the visual of the Baron, he is a truly, truly scary character. He doesn't move around much. He's very subtle. But it's a very commanding performance.” The Baron dominates every scene he’s in.

Mamma Mia! That's Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård playing the 600-pound villain Baron Harkonnen in the sci-fi epic "Dune." Here's how he got there.