Dune: Part Two‘s Josh Brolin Just Wants to Geek Out With Other Geeks

Dune : Part Twostar Josh Brolin ’s resume is peppered with mega - smash hit ( see : his run as Thanos in the Avengers flick ) , but he has n’t lost his quirkiness . Things likehis Dune poetryand his mastery of theDune“space guitar ” have roots in his erotic love of sci - fi , which he ’s carried since puerility .

Ina raw interview with GQ , Brolin target to Ray Bradbury ’s The Martian Chronicles and other genre works as helping him cope with his place life as a fry . “ I was like , So I do n’t have to be here all the clock time — I do n’t have to be around these fucking crazy parents , and I can actually live out this story ? That was a great revelation for me , ” he read . Later in the bit , after praising Dune : Part Two director Denis Villeneuve — with whom Brolin has worked three times so far ; he touch to a potential 4th team - up , if Dune Messiah happen — the actor chuckles about being a veteran player among hurl power by emerging ace , including Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya . He does n’t care about being the old guy ; he just loves being a part of Dune because , well … he ’s a raging nerd , just like us .

“ I have this face that look like it was run over by a truck , or that I fought a mastodon or whatever , ” he pronounce . “ And the the true of the matter is , I just require to geek out with other eccentric . I did n’t even have it off that for a farseeing sentence , but I bonk that now , as a 55 - year - old guy rope , nothing makes me happy than just being in the sandbox with these socially awkward geniuses . ”

Josh Brolin attends a photocall for Dune: Part Two in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Josh Brolin attends a photocall for Dune: Part Two in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.Photo: Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures (Getty Images)

The whole interview , which dig out more into Brolin ’s calling and his upcoming memoir , among other matter , is well deserving reading at GQ . ForOuter Range fans , he take note that he ’s directing an episode of the Prime Video show ’s 2nd time of year — though beyond that , all he says about it is “ I think we pass [ the first ] time of year pilot through , hear to figure out what it was ” and , in wish to approaching projection , “ I ’m going to go jump in a hole on a TV show . ”

Dune : Part Two is in theatre of operations Friday , March 1 .

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