Dave Bautista Reveals Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown Helped Him Adopt His Pit Bull Talulah

The 'Dune' star and dog lover "fell in love" with the puppy, his fourth pit bull pup

Dave Bautista got his pup Talulah with a little help from his (famous) friends!

While promoting his latest project, Dune: Part Two, on The Tonight Show on Friday, Bautista, 55, told the story of how he adopted one of his four dogs, Talulah, thanks to Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown.

According to the actor, Pratt — Bautista’s Guardians of the Galaxy costar and longtime pal — was filming The Electric State with Brown, 20, when he “got wind” that the actress was trying to help find Talulah a forever home.

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Bautista, a hardcore dog lover who already owned three pit bulls at the time, told host Jimmy Fallon that Pratt “hit me up and he said, ‘I know you’re a fan of this breed, and my costar is trying to adopt her out.’ “

“And I said, ‘I’m sorry man, you know I’ve already got three,' ” he said, adding, "I just kept looking at her picture, and I was just… I just fell in love with her.”

So, despite his nearly full house, Bautista decided to bring the white puppy home, and told Pratt to connect him with his costar — whose identity the Dune star did not yet know.

“He said, ‘Well let me hook you up with my costar, Millie,’ and I said, ‘Wait a minute — Millie Bobby Brown?’ “ Bautista recalled, adding that his reaction was, “No way!”

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The actor, who adopted Talulah over a year ago, added, “I like telling people this story."

“It sounds weird to me when I say, ‘And Chris Pratt hit me up, and I got my dog, you know, from Millie Bobby Brown,’ “ he told Fallon, adding, “I sound, like, super Hollywood.”

Bautista said he was also working on a film at the time, so he told Brown he would be home and able to grab the pup in a week, to which she replied, “Don’t worry about it, I’ll have someone drop her off.”

“So literally the day I got home — I was overseas in Rome — I got home, and I was there, and I waited, and these two guys showed up, like, in the middle of the night,” he recalled.

“They drove her down from Atlanta, and dropped her off, and I took her in,” he said. “She’s been with me ever since.”

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And while Bautista said he has never actually met Brown in person, he did thank her for orchestrating the adoption when he first welcomed Talulah last February.

The actor shared the news of the pit bull’s adoption in an Instagram post featuring several photos of the pup — including a family photo with Talulah, Bautista and his three other dogs.

“Hey all, I'd like you to meet the newest member of my Valentine’s day crew, Talulah Bautista!” he wrote in the caption. “Big love to @prattprattpratt for introducing me to @milliebobbybrown and @joeysfriends22 - Thanks to Millie’s love for rescue animals she made it all possible for me to adopt and give Talulah a forever home!”

“I’m so grateful, thank you! Welcome to the family Talulah!” he added.

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