Fan CastingDune

by Frank Herbert

Story added by andrewheron on March 2, 2018

Set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which noble houses, in control of individual planets, owe allegiance to the Padishah Emperor, Dune tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose noble family accepts the stewardship of the desert planet Arrakis. As this planet is the only source of the oracular spice melange, the most important and valuable substance in the universe, control of Arrakis is a coveted—and dangerous—undertaking. The story explores the multi-layered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as the factions of the empire confront each other in a struggle for the c...read more

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Fan Casting Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV

Role added by andrewheron on March 2, 2018

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Description of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV:

A REDHEAD space vampire using spice TO STAY YOUNGER THAN HE LOOKS. So STOP WITH THE OLD GUYS Y'ALL DUMBOGGARTS. "By his mid-thirties, Shaddam was a strong-featured man with a firm chin and aquiline nose; his reddish hair was cut short and oiled and styled into a perfect helmet." Also "A slim and elegant man, with red hair, a thin face, and cold eyes. The aforementioned face and eyes reminded the Baron Harkonnen of Duke Leto Atreides I - Shaddam had "that same look of the predatory bird." His daughter Irulan describes him -in the very first pages of the damn book- as : NOT LOOKING OLDER THAN in his THIRTIES.