Why King Triton From The Little Mermaid Looks So Familiar

When the long-gestating adaptation of "Dune" was released in 2021, it boasted an impressive ensemble cast on par with the film's ambitious scope and scale. Led by Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic also features Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling. Javier Bardem plays Stilgar, the leader of the Fremen tribe on the desert planet Arrakis. 2021 was also a year of more intimate projects for Bardem, and the actor earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as Desi Arnaz in the biopic "Being the Ricardos."

To Bardem's delight, he'll be returning to reprise the role of Stilgar in "Dune: Part Two." "The first thing that I got was a message from Josh Brolin, [a] text message saying, 'See you in the desert,'" the actor told The Playlist. "Of course, I can't wait to go back to that." His nautical turn as King Triton will surely be a welcomed reprieve from back-to-back desert shoots.