Austin Butler discussed the harsh conditions in which he had to perform in his part as Dune.

The 32-year-old actor opened up about working on the scorching-hot sets of Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction flick.

Austin, who plays Feyd-Rautha, the violent nephew of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in Dune: Part 2, told Entertainment Weekly, “It was 110 degrees and really hot. I was wearing a bald cap and standing between two soundstages that were nothing more than grey boxes with 200-foot walls and sand.

He said, “It became like a microwave. There were people passing out from heat stroke. And that was just my first week.”

The Oscar candidate, however, saw the difficult circumstances as a “bonding experience.”

“It really bonds the entire crew. There’s something so humbling about being in such an uncomfortable environment,” he remarked.

Denis also exhaled with satisfaction that the two Dune films were not shot consecutively.

“Both movies were made in very harsh conditions, and it’s very physically taxing, so to have a break in between them was a blessing. My first thought was to shoot both movies back to back together, but now I think I would have died,” he said.