Anya Taylor-Joy created a surprise this Thursday, February 15, during the preview of Dune: Part II.
Indeed, the 27-year-old actress joins the cast of the feature film alongside Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler and Florence Pugh.
She will play the character of Alia Atreides, also known as “Saint Alia of the Knife”, sister of Paul Atréides (Timothée Chalamet), with powerful religious powers.
So, as if to stay in her role and in the world of the feature film, the one who made herself known in the series
The Lady's Game
was dressed in a suitable outfit.
She wore the “Hyménée” model wedding dress from the house of Dior, from the spring-summer 1961 collection.
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But her appearance and the choice of her outfit were not unanimous among Internet users.
Some saw this dress as a form of cultural appropriation with the Muslim religion.
On X - former Twitter - strong reactions poured in.
“Why does Anya Taylor-Joy wear the hijab?”
;“A white girl who wears it is fashionable, a brown or Muslim girl who wears it is oppressed”;
“When Anya Taylor-Joy wears a burqa it’s okay, but when Muslims do it…”;
can we read.
The star did not respond to the controversy which is shaking the web.
For the rest,
Dune: Part II
will be released in theaters on February 28.