Editing Paul Atreides (section)

==In adaptations==
[[File:Paul Atreides actors.png|thumb|400px|Paul Atreides has been portrayed by three actors: [[Kyle MacLachlan]] (1984), [[Alec Newman]] (2000/2003), and [[Timothée Chalamet]] (2021/2024)]]
Paul is portrayed by [[Kyle MacLachlan]] in [[David Lynch]]'s [[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film adaptation]],<ref name="NYT 1984-12">{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260|title=Movie Review: ''Dune'' (1984)|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=December 14, 1984|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 15, 2010|archive-date=March 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311010339/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260|url-status=live}}</ref> and by [[Alec Newman]] in the [[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 ''Dune'' miniseries]]<ref name="NYT Stasio">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/03/tv/cover-story-future-myths-adrift-in-the-sands-of-time.html |title=Cover Story: Future Myths, Adrift in the Sands of Time |first=Marilyn |last=Stasio |work=The New York Times |date=December 3, 2000 |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527131421/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/03/tv/cover-story-future-myths-adrift-in-the-sands-of-time.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and its [[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune|2003 sequel]].<ref name="NYT Wertheimer">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/15/arts/television-review-a-stormy-family-on-a-sandy-planet.html |title=Television Review: A Stormy Family on a Sandy Planet |first=Ron |last=Wertheimer |work=The New York Times |date=March 15, 2003 |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119194500/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/15/arts/television-review-a-stormy-family-on-a-sandy-planet.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The character is played by [[Timothée Chalamet]] in the 2021 [[Denis Villeneuve]] film ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/dune-star-timothee-chalamet-also-loves-the-david-lynch-1829369935|title=''Dune'' star Timothée Chalamet also loves the David Lynch version|first=Randall|last=Colburn|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=September 27, 2018|access-date=September 28, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927230034/https://news.avclub.com/dune-star-timothee-chalamet-also-loves-the-david-lynch-1829369935|url-status=live}}</ref> and its 2024 sequel, ''[[Dune: Part Two]]''.<ref name="dune two 2023">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-walken-dune-two-1235144841/|title=Christopher Walken Joins Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya in ''Dune: Part Two''|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=May 12, 2022|access-date=May 12, 2022|language=en|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512235549/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-walken-dune-two-1235144841/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Richard Corliss]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' notes that "MacLachlan, 25, grows impressively in the role; his features, soft and spoiled at the beginning, take on a he-manly glamour once he assumes his mission."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923850,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113233122/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,923850-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |title=Cinema: The Fantasy Film as Final Exam |first=Richard |last=Corliss |author-link=Richard Corliss |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 17, 1984 |access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref> Lynch and producer [[Raffaella De Laurentiis]] specifically wanted to cast an unknown actor in the role of Paul, and began a nationwide search. Casting scout Elizabeth Leusting found MacLachlan, who had been performing in the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/609065/dune-david-lynch-movie-facts|title=12 Epic Facts About David Lynch's ''Dune''|date=November 22, 2019|website=[[Mental Floss]]|first=Matthew|last=Jackson|access-date=November 25, 2019|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326191402/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/609065/dune-david-lynch-movie-facts|url-status=live}}</ref>

Laura Fries of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' writes that "Newman, as the sour Paul, sticks to just one note".<ref name="Variety CoD">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/children-of-dune-1200542893/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821193344/http://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/children-of-dune-1200542893/ |title=Review: ''Children of Dune'' |first=Laura |last=Fries |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 11, 2003 |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=August 21, 2015}}</ref> Emmet Asher-Perrin of ''[[Tor.com]]'' suggested that the choice to cast adult actor Newman as Paul is problematic because the character is written in the script as less mature and observant than he is in the source novel.<ref name="Tor.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/|title=Syfy's ''Dune'' Miniseries is the Most Okay Adaptation of the Book to Date|first=Emmet|last=Asher-Perrin|date=May 9, 2017|website=[[Tor.com]]|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074241/https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Chalamet received strong praise for his portrayal in the 2021 film. Ben Travis of ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' wrote, "Among the uniformly excellent performances, Timothée Chalamet holds his own in his first blockbuster leading role. In a film this size, there's every chance he'd get swallowed up by the sandworm-like enormity of everything around him—but even against the colossal spectacle, the magnetic charisma he displayed in smaller indie fare shines through."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/dune-2021/|title=''Dune'' (2021)|website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|first=Ben|last=Travis|date=October 21, 2021|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921004408/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/dune-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref> Pete Hammond of ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' called Chalamet "perfectly cast" and wrote that he plays the role "earnestly and effectively".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/dune-movie-review-timothee-chalamet-denis-villeneuve/|title=''Dune'' Venice Film Festival Review: Timothée Chalamet in Denis Villeneuve's Spectacular and Defining Version of Sci-Fi Cult Classic|first=Pete|last=Hammond|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 3, 2021|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315145814/https://deadline.com/video/dune-movie-review-timothee-chalamet-denis-villeneuve/|url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewing the 2024 sequel, Lovia Gyarke of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote, "Chalamet sheds the boyish innocence of the first film for a darker, more complicated persona."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/dune-part-two-review-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-1235830061/|title=''Dune: Part Two'' Review: Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in Denis Villeneuve's Gorgeous but Limited Sequel|first=Lovia|last=Gyarkye|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 21, 2024|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310163844/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/dune-part-two-review-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-1235830061/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Villeneuve described Chalamet portraying Paul, "There’s a deep intelligence in the eyes, and he has an old soul. When you talk with Tim, you get the impression that he's lived many lives. Yet he looks so young on camera. So that contrast of someone who has a lot of experience but is in the middle of his teenage years is Paul."<ref>{{cite news | last=Liptak | first=Andrew | url=https://www.polygon.com/21426684/timothee-chalamet-dune-2020-character-paul-explained | title=Why Timothée Chalamet's Dune character Paul is an actor's dream role | work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] | date=September 9, 2020 | accessdate=March 22, 2024 }}</ref> Chalamet's Paul is described as "spindly",<ref>{{cite journal | last=Debruge | first=Peter | url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/dune-2-review-timothee-chalamet-denis-villeneuve-1235917934/ | title='Dune: Part Two' Review: Timothée Chalamet Grows Up — and So Do the Sandworms — in Denis Villeneuve's Epic Follow-Up | journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=February 21, 2024 }}</ref> and has "inward-looking sorrow".<ref>{{cite news | last=Collins | first=Austin | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/dune-review-denis-villeneuve-1243908/ | title='Dune' Wages an All-Out Attack on the Senses — and Wins | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=October 20, 2021 | accessdate=March 22, 2024 }}</ref> He is portrayed as "a boy-man [with] the patrician bone structure of an imperial [[hemophilia]]c".<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Willmore | first=Alison | url=https://www.vulture.com/article/dune-part-two-review-this-is-zendayas-movie.html | title=''Dune: Part Two'' Is Zendaya's Movie | magazine=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]] | date=February 29, 2024 | accessdate=March 22, 2024 }}</ref> With Paul being 15 years old in the novel, ''[[The New York Times]]'' said, "Chalamet looks young enough for the role... and can certainly strike a [[Byronic hero|Byronic]] pose, complete with black coat and anguished hair."<ref>{{cite news | last=Dargis | first=Manohla | authorlink=Manohla Dargis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/movies/dune-review.html | title='Dune' Review: A Hero in the Making, on Shifting Sands | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=October 20, 2021 | accessdate=March 22, 2024 }}</ref> ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' wrote, "Chalamet, at 28 still convincing as a juvenile, seems to have been born to play this ambivalent prince."<ref>{{cite news | last=Stevens | first=Dana | url=https://slate.com/culture/2024/02/dune-part-2-zendaya-timothee-chalamet-movie-review.html | title=The Spectacular New ''Dune'' Will Turn Even Skeptics Into Believers | work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | date=February 26, 2024 | accessdate=March 22, 2024 }}</ref>

The character is also featured in the 1992 [[video game]] ''[[Dune (video game)|Dune]]'' from [[Cryo Interactive]]/[[Virgin Interactive]],<ref name="Moby Dune">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/dune|title=Game Overview: ''Dune'' (1992)|website=[[MobyGames]]|access-date=March 17, 2010|archive-date=January 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111065427/http://www.mobygames.com/game/dune|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Abandonia Dune">{{cite web|url=http://www.abandonia.com/games/46/download/Dune.htm|title=Review: ''Dune'' (1992)|website=Abandonia.com|access-date=March 17, 2010|archive-date=May 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514235245/http://www.abandonia.com/games/46/download/Dune.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 2001 [[3D computer graphics|3D]] video game ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune (video game)|Frank Herbert's Dune]]'' by Cryo Interactive/[[DreamCatcher Interactive]].<ref name="Moby FHD">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/frank-herberts-dune|title=Game Overview: ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' (2001)|website=MobyGames|access-date=March 17, 2010|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513045116/https://www.mobygames.com/game/frank-herberts-dune|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Moby Cryo">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/company/cryo-interactive-entertainment|title=Overview: Cryo Interactive Entertainment|website=MobyGames|access-date=March 17, 2010|archive-date=January 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110054348/http://www.mobygames.com/company/cryo-interactive-entertainment|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul and Chani were both added to ''[[Fortnite Battle Royale]]'' in October 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/paul-atreides-and-chani-travel-from-planet-dune-to-the-fortnite-item-shop | title = Paul Atreides and Chani Travel from Planet ''Dune'' to the ''Fortnite'' Item Shop | date = October 20, 2021 | access-date = October 20, 2021 | work = [[Epic Games]] | archive-date = October 20, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211020023652/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/paul-atreides-and-chani-travel-from-planet-dune-to-the-fortnite-item-shop | url-status = live }}</ref> Paul also appears as a playable Operator in ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023 video game)|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III]]'' and ''[[Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0]]'', alongside [[Feyd-Rautha|Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen]], in December 2023.<ref>{{cite web|first=Cade|last=Onder|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-dune-2-timothee-chalamet-paul-atreides-skin/|title=Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Adding Dune 2's Timothee Chalamet Skin|date=November 30, 2023|access-date=November 30, 2023|work=[[ComicBook.com]]|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201091546/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-dune-2-timothee-chalamet-paul-atreides-skin/|url-status=live}}</ref>