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In “Dune,” Zendaya plays a mysterious Freman warrior named Chani who is wise beyond her years, so you might be surprised to learn that she had her wisdom teeth removed before she auditioned for the role. Zendaya actually showed off the aftermath of the procedure in a January 2019 tweet, sharing a photo of her swollen face and the ice pack she had strapped around her head. “I look a hot a** mess,” she wrote.
Timothée Chalamet’s “Dune” character, Paul Atreides, dreams of almost kissing Chani in the movie. This is exactly the type of scene Zendaya did not want to do during her chemistry read with Chalamet. “My biggest fear was that my mouth would be vile, and then I would have to do a scene with Timothée where we have to be really close, and he would smell my possible dry socket breath,” she confessed to W magazine. It was a legit concern — some celebs have no qualms about letting the world know about it when they have a horrible experience kissing a co-star.
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But from the sounds of it, Zendaya lucked out. Speaking to AP about the first scene they practiced together, Chalamet said, “It was amazing. She basically threw me to the floor.” So instead of the bewitching dream version of Chani, Zendaya was likely playing the real deal, who distrusts Paul and doesn’t care if he meets an untimely demise when they first meet.
