At the end of 2021’s “Dune,” Timothée Chalamet’s Paul ... Fraser confirms that all of the worm riding was shot in natural daylight. He says, “It removes one of the pieces of artifice.

Denis Villeneuve says the "complexity" of 'Dune: Part Two's epic sandworm-riding scene meant that "sometimes" a single ... admitted that if he didn't have the help of his specialist “worm unit", he ...

Paul riding a massive worm would be his ascension to power. The white-knuckled sequence where Paul mounts one and rides across the desert was something cinematographer Greig Fraser had to get right.