Alas, we were so excited to have Bollywood star Tabu join the world of Dune in Dune: Prophecy. But in the end, Tabu’s Sister Francesca was only fated to survive two episodes. In Dune: Prophecy‘s shocking finale, Francesca met her death alongside her lover and love, Emperor Corinno. It was a stunning sequence and quite the swan song for the character. To process it all, Tabu joined Nerdist to discuss Francesca’s Dune: Prophecy death, her sincere love for Emperor Corrino, what it was like for her character to be part of the Sisterhood and a mother, and whether we could see Francesca again in the series (despite her tragic ending). Check out our second interview with Tabu below.
A very important character who comes later in Dune’s universe, Lady Jessica, will disobey the Sisterhood for love hundreds of years after Sister Francesca. Do you think Sister Francesca did exactly that for Emperor Corrino?
Tabu: I think she did exactly that. She was going to disobey for love from the start, from episode five, and you see her doing that in episode six. Unfortunately, Francesca meets a tragic end and death, and Javicco Corrino meets a tragic end. But she came into Dune: Prophecy with the intention of not obeying Valya Harkonnen and helping Javicco out of all this.
So we know that she was going to disobey. But we don’t know if they would’ve survived what would’ve happened. Would she have rebelled? Would she have taken Javicco and run? Would Javicco Corrino be by her side to fight Valya? Would the tables be turned? Would there be a confrontation? Francesca suddenly realizes that she had to leave her love, her son, and everything at the command of this woman who’s now, again, utilizing her to manipulate power. So, if they had survived, that would have been interesting to see.
As you mention, Francesca has a son, Constantine Corrino, and she’s one of the only Sisters that we’ve met who has a bond with her child on Dune: Prophecy. How do you think that separates her from the rest of the sisters in the Sisterhood?
Francesca’s character was written like that for a reason. She is somebody who has lived by her heart, she is driven by intense emotions, feelings, but there’s also a lot of depth and calmness about her. I don’t see her being hungry for power. I see her trying to make things all right between the father and the son and between herself and the son. And I think she, a part of her, is literally so okay with sacrificing power for her son. The fact that the son cannot become an emperor, for instance. If Francesca was not the person that she is, it would’ve been impossible for her to just give up and relinquish that need for power. Otherwise, it was very easy for her to turn around and say, I don’t care. I have a son with the emperor. I want him on the throne. And not Ynez. That would be a completely a different story altogether.
As we discussed a bit, Sister Francesca meets a very tragic end on Dune: Prophecy. Sadly, she dies in the season finale. Do you think she truly was in love with Emperor Javicco Corrino, that their relationship was real?
Absolutely. Absolutely. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have kept the Gom Jabbar away from him. And she tells him, and that’s what is most tragic, that she wants him to believe that she has not betrayed him, and he is not in the frame of mind because he’s so in love with her, and he’s so shocked with Valya’s speech about how “Francesca has betrayed you, she doesn’t love you” and all that. If there was no love, the feelings of betrayal wouldn’t be there.
There’s a little bit of poetic irony to the fact that Empress Natalya kills Francesca with the poison needle of the Sisterhood. Do you think, in a way, that death was a fitting end for Francesca? Or not at all?
Not at all. Not at all. Not at all. It wasn’t fair at all because she was not going to use the Gom Jabbar. She wanted to help him.
If there’s a season two of Dune: Prophecy, do you think that we may be able to see you and Francesca again in flashbacks?
Tabu: Maybe, but also, only if it is important to season two. Only if there’s a curiosity about what happened with Javicco and Sister Francesca in Dune: Prophecy season two. But I don’t think so. I don’t know. We’ve sort of started and finished Francesca and Javicco’s story in these two episodes.
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