Zendaya and Florence Pugh sizzled while attending the star-studded Dune: Part Two premiere in Mexico City, Mexico, on Tuesday.
The Euphoria star, 27, flashed a hint of underboob in a unique brown cropped top with structured shoulders and a turtleneck.
The actress — who recently admitted that it’s ‘strange’ to kiss her co-star and friend Timothee Chalamet, 28, in the film — teamed the look with a matching brown skirt that featured a thigh-high slit.
She added height to her frame with a pair of black heels, and wore her short brunette tresses parted on the side and slicked down.
Meanwhile Pugh, 28, slipped her curves into a form-fitting white dress with ruched detailing.
The Oppenheimer beauty wore her bleached blonde tresses in a messy pixie style, and accessorized with dangling earrings.
Leading man and Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend Timothee looked dapper in a grey suit.
His jacket was tucked into his pants, which were held up with a black belt. His sleeves were rolled up to revealed a black shirt underneath.
He completed the look with black boots, and had his dark tresses styled in loose curls.
At one point he put on a traditional gold and black Lucha libre wrestling mask, which appeared to be gifted to him by someone in the crowd.
Pugh is a newcomer to Dune and will play Princess Irulan, the daughter of the Emperor.
Chalamet will be reprising his role as Paul Atreides, the heir to the now-decimated House Atreides, who has been abandoned with his mother on the desert world of Arakis while the members of House Harkonnen who are responsible for his family’s slaughter take over the planet’s lucrative natural resources.
Zendaya was introduced briefly in the first film as Chani, a member of the desert-dwelling Fremen tribe who will teach Paul how to survive in the punishing environment so that he can lead her people to rise up against the galactic forces colonizing their planet.
Their co-star Austin Butler, 32, was also present, and arrived wearing an edgy pinstripe black suit with structured shoulders. Underneath he wore a partly unbuttoned black shirt.
The Elvis star completed the look with black boots.
Butler is a newcomer and will play Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, Baron Harkonnen’s young nephew, and planned successor as ruler of Arrakis.
The role was previously played by Sting in David Lynch’s 1984 version of Dune.
Josh Brolin, 55, was in attendance as well, and looked handsome in a black suit, while director Denis Villeneuve, 56, sported a tan suit with a black shirt.
In addition to Zendaya, Chalamet, Pugh, and Butler, the cast includes Javier Bardem, Christopher Walken, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Lea Seydoux, Rebecca Ferguson, and more.
Zendaya and Timothee recently discussed how ‘strange’ it is to be kissing each other in the film.
They’ve been good friends ever since they began working on the first blockbuster Dune film in 2019.
Timothee shared it was ‘weird as hell’ when they finally had to kiss in front of the camera for highly anticipated Dune: Part Two.
The Call Me By Your Name star and the actress spoke with Entertainment Tonight about the awkwardness of playing romantic leads when they were already good ‘platonic’ friends.
The costars also had to contend with the added complications of having other romantic partners, as Zendaya is current dating Spider-Man star Tom Holland, while Timothée has lately been romancing Jenner.
‘It’s definitely strange,’ Zendaya said of their on-screen kissing. ‘I think both of us are just like, “All right. This is our job. OK, we’re going to do this.”‘
Timothee went further, calling the intimate display ‘weird as hell’ because the two are ‘so close, platonically.’
‘In the scope of the movie, it’s totally what is happening, but I also feel like we are so tight now that it really is just like another day at work,’ he added.
The Little Women actor joked, ‘I don’t know what that says about the nature of our jobs, but it’s just another day of work.’
Zendaya credited the film’s director and co-writer Denis Villeneuve for helping them navigate the difficult terrain and balancing their more intimate scenes with the grand sweep of the Dune’s plot, rather than simply tacking on a love story.
‘In this specific love story, I think we’re so grateful to have Denis at the helm of this very special thing,’ she said. ‘He always found a way to somehow — amongst all of the epicness that is the Dune universe — find a way to carve out a very sentimental, beautiful love story that is, I feel, in many respects, earned.’
Dune: Part Two was originally meant to be released on October 20, 2023 before being pushed back to November 17, and later to March 15, 2024, due to the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike.
After multiple delays, the film is now set to hit theaters on March 1, 2024.
The sci-fi sequel, directed by Denis Villeneuve, is being co-produced with Legendary Entertainment in addition to Warner Bros. Film Group.
Dune: Part One and Part Two are based on Frank Herbert’s novel of the same name, which was originally published in 1965.
The official logline for Dune: Part 2 reads: ‘Paul faces a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.’
One of the first attempts to adapt the novel into a film was led by director Alejandro Jodorowsky, and although the project was ultimately canceled, his efforts were documented in the 2013 feature Jodorowsky’s Dune.
David Lynch went on to direct an adaptation of Dune, which was critically panned upon its release in 1984.
Villeneuve became attached to the new versions of the project in 2016, and Dune: Part One was eventually released in 2021.
The feature received positive reviews from critics, and it currently holds an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Dune: Part One also won six out of the ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Sound.
The feature’s sequel was not formally greenlit until after the release of the first film, although it was put into production just a few days after Dune: Part One debuted.
Filming for the feature took place from July to December of last year, with shooting taking place in locations including Budapest and Abu Dhabi.
Villeneuve has also expressed a desire to direct a third feature in the series, which would be based on Herbert’s 1969 novel Dune Messiah.
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