‘Dune 2’ Deleted Scene: Stephen McKinley Henderson Says Filming With Austin Butler Was ‘the Most Fun’ — Before His Character Was Cut

Sad news for “Dune” fans everywhere: Stephen McKinley Henderson’s Thufir Hawat was cut from the final version of “Dune: Part Two.”

But in an interview from August 2023, it’s clear the beloved character actor still had a lot of fun bringing House Atreides’ Mentat back to the screen — desert heat and all.

While it is evident that his character survived the action of “Part One,” little is known of what director Denis Villeneuve intended for Thufir’s original “Part Two” plot line. But from the sound of it, he memorably shared some of his screen time with Austin Butler’s psychotic Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen.