Is that the character Jodorowsky was going to have Orson Welles play in the original mid-70s (pre-Star Wars) adaptation of Dune?
It almost went into production, financing fell apart, and people from the production team went on to make Alien, Blade Runner, and other movies.
Pink Floyd was to provide the soundtrack (and they’d scored numerous films), cast was to include David Carradine, Mick Jagger, Orson Welles, and Salvador Dali. Maybe even Groucho Marx.
Yes, with Salvador Dali as the Emperor Shaddam IV (!). It would’ve been a very curious version to witness as a feature film. Obviously, Lynch was influenced by it (and possibly even the “Flash Gordon” ‘80 producers). A potential weak spot of it was the plan to have his young son play Paul Atreides (although he’d have been closer in age to the actual character). Fortunately in Lynch’s version, Kyle MacLachlan was able to do a good job with it.