Jason Momoais a busy man.
“Every time it gets better and better,” Momoa says.
“I’m an uber-fan.
Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides and Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho in ‘Dune’.Chia Bella James/Warner Bros.
“I love the idea of serving something greater than yourself,” Momoa says.
I love that relationship between me and Timothee.
I really feel like I was the explorer going out and bringing this gold back to Timothee.”
Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa) proves his worth in ‘Dune’.Chia Bella James/Warner Bros.
Momoa, Villeneuve, and their collaborators worked hard to bring those combat skills to the screen.
The only way to penetrate these shields is to move your blade just slowly enough to pass through.
“The shield redefines the way you use combat.
It makes the fighting in Dune fresh.
I love the speed of it.”
So it fit with what I love to do, fighting with two hands.
So we did kettlebells and endurance stuff just so I can hold that weight up.
After quite a few takes, you get winded."
But when asked about his single favorite day on set, Momoa doesn’t mention the fight scenes.
Instead, he points to his scene withJavier Bardem, who plays the Fremen leader Stilgar.
(In his defense, Brolin said pretty much the same thing during EW’s Venice roundtable.)
It’ll go down in my top-five moments because I got to work with those heavy hitters.
I never stood and acted with that level of talent before.
“We were all very close, they were so sweet.
But when the scene starts, he’s a whole different dude.”
Momoa says of Bardem, “He walks into that scene with so much mana, so much power.
He didn’t miss a beat, just struts right in and eyes everyone down.
I’m like, ‘I can’t.
This guy’s rolling in like Mick Jagger, just so much confidence.’
He looks at everybody else, and that’s when he spits.
It was just amazing to watch him stare down everyone.
Him and Brolin, they’ve done films together, so they’re great.
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