Zendaya suffered heatstroke on Dune 2 set
Zendaya Says 'I Had Such a Fear of Peeing or S---ting Myself' in 'Dune 2' Suit That 'I Didn't Drink Enough and Had a Heatstroke' https://t.co/XbuXbRjVbj
- Variety (@Variety) January 3, 2025
Zendaya revealed in a new interview with W Magazine that she suffered a heatstroke on the set of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” because she stopped drinking water on the film’s very hot Jordan desert set. Why? “I had such a fear of peeing myself or shitting myself, honestly, in the suit on set,” she explained.
“We were in Jordan. It was very hot, and I remember thinking, ‘Oh, man, the bathrooms are so far away,’ because we had to hike to the locations,” Zendaya said. “If you have to pee, you need at least 10 minutes to get out of the costumes. I was like, ‘Damn, I don’t want to drink too much water.’ I had such a fear of peeing myself or shitting myself, honestly, in the suit on set. One day, I didn’t drink enough and I had a heatstroke. I felt so barfy. I remember calling my mom on the bathroom floor, saying, ‘I feel terrible.’ She was like, ‘Did you drink water today?’ I said no. I thought I was being smart, but you can’t do that. So, lesson learned.”