Timothée Chalamet does Batista’s iconic WWE entrance.
During a recent appearance on Cody Rhodes’ What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast, Chalamet paid tribute to The Animal by recreating his entrance.
The clip shows Chalamet doing the slow-mo walk, complete with the thigh slap, before hitting the iconic machine-gun taunt.
You can hear Cody Rhodes laughing in the background. While Timothée didn’t get the pyro for his impressive effort, WWE made sure to add the effect in the final clip on social media.
Watching Lisan al Gaib doing Batista’s entrance was not on this writer’s 2025 bingo card.
Timothee Chalamet introduced himself to Batista in hilarious fashion
Elsewhere in the same interview, Chalamet shared a funny story about how he first introduced himself to Dune co-star Dave Bautista. Chalamet said he knocked on Bautista’s door and did the pose, which got quite the reaction.
“He couldn’t believe it. I knocked on his trailer door and I had ‘The Animal’ theme song playing. I hadn’t met him and I was [doing the machine gun taunt]. The look on his face was priceless. He had no clue.”
Chalamet also praised Dave for his acting prowess, noting: “I love working with Dave. He’s a very serious guy. A very serious actor.”
Timothée admitted he grew up watching Batista and Rey Mysterio during his childhood WWE era. “I love Dave. Batista and Rey Mysterio, that was the WWE I grew up on. Dave has one of the best entrances of all time.” [H/T: Fightful]
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