1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auGermain Lussierhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/germainlussier-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8wqNTBDxve"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2024/02/stellan-skarsgard-went-through-hell-playing-baron-harkonnen/">Stellan Skarsgård Went Through Hell Playing Baron Harkonnen</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2024/02/stellan-skarsgard-went-through-hell-playing-baron-harkonnen/embed/#?secret=8wqNTBDxve" width="600" height="338" title="“Stellan Skarsgård Went Through Hell Playing Baron Harkonnen” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="8wqNTBDxve" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/9916e0f7c42d0115e9c3da5cae5ab9d7.jpg?quality=75800450Playing a role where your body is artificially enlarged, you’re constantly attached to tubes, and you spend large portions in a mystery liquid is obviously not easy. 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 […]