Bautista spoke exclusively with PEOPLE at the ‘Dune: Part Two’ premiere on Sunday
Dave Bautista is in love with a man Dina: The second part actor Josh Brolin.
Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the film’s New York premiere on Sunday, Bautista, 55 — who plays Beast Rabban in the film — opened up about working with his star-studded castmates.
“It’s terrifying,” the actor tells PEOPLE. “It’s really scary, to look over and see Stellan Skarsgård and look down and see Christopher Walken, and see Timmy [Timothée Chalamet] and Zendaya and Austin [Butler] and Florence [Pugh] and Josh Brolin.”
“God, I’m in love with a man, with Josh Brolin,” he adds. “I love him as a performer, as a human being.”
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Josh Brolin and Dave Bautista at the New York premiere of Dune: Part Two.
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Bautista also revealed more about his memories of working with Brolin, 56, in the Marvel franchise where he played the role of Drax in guardians of the galaxy, while Brolin portrayed Thanos in the Avengers.
“We met there,” he tells PEOPLE. “I’ve known Josh for years and we really, I think, became close during our conversations, very intimate conversations during our Marvel years.”
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Dave Bautista as Rabban the Beast in “Dune: Part Two”.
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Speaking of working on set Dina: The second part with the director Denis Villeneuve, Bautista says: “My favorite memory was my first day on the job, when I was there just for a costume change.”
“Denis came to greet me,” he adds. “I’ve been dying to talk about the character because he’s more detailed, he’s more developed in this. And I said, ‘Let’s talk about it. Who’s he? What do you think?’ And he said, ‘Let me dream about it tonight and I’ll tell you tomorrow.’ ”
“I thought that was the best response I’ve ever gotten from anyone in my life,” Bautista continues. “I just got chills.”
“I knew he was going to come back and we had a very special, intimate conversation about the character,” he says. “That’s my experience with him. Even when my roles aren’t that big, he’s just invested, invested in my characters and invested in me.”
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