Bautista

Former wrestler Dave Bautista's breakout role in Hollywood was with the 2014 Marvel feature Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn. He played the warrior Drax the Destroyer in the superhero franchise film, becoming the comic relief in the series. The actor also received several kudos for his portrayal of Drax. This year, he says goodbye to the character after six movies over nine years. (Also read: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer out, fans say ‘this movie will be epic’)Dave is not the first wrestler to…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe may offer a smorgasbord of different adventures covering the grand calculus of the multiverse, but the franchise has an established formula that it rarely ever deviates from, and part of that is the never-ending barrage of quips and one-liners. Dave Bautista has clearly had enough, after revealing it’s one of the major reasons he’s abandoning ship. May’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 won’t just mark the end of the road for the current lineup of the team, but also Bautista’s tenure as part…

Even though they both followed the same career path from the squared circle to the silver screen, the best way to sum up the difference between Dwayne Johnson and Dave Bautista is fairly simple. One is a movie star, and the other is an actor. Johnson’s bread and butter has almost exclusively been $100+ million blockbusters for well over a decade, where he isn’t asked to do much more than play himself. Meanwhile, Bautista has been juggling the action-heavy roles a man of his dimensions is virtually obligated to play,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDave Bautista has admitted some “relief” in saying goodbye to his breakout role as Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. The former WWE star-turned-actor debuted as the iconic muscular green superhero in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie in 2014. He’s since reprised the warrior hero across five other Marvel films and a holiday special, including his final…

Dave Bautista caused quite a stir last night when he posted a teaser clip/public audition video (we still don’t quite know what to make of it) of himself donning armor from Gears of War, and he is looking absolutely ready to merc some Locust baddies.  The move is seemingly a bid to be cast as the protagonist of the first three games in the series, Marcus Fenix. The response from the Gears fandom on Twitter has been overwhelmingly positive – and Netflix is being implored to not mess up the opportunity that Bautista…

Image via UpUpDownDown/YouTube. Dave Bautista is officially putting his hat in the ring when it comes to nominating himself to helm the upcoming Netflix adaption of Gears of War. “I can’t make this any easier,” Bautista said in a Twitter post while sharing a video of himself donning the iconic armor of The Coalition and proclaiming “it’s about damn time.” Is this our first look at the upcoming movie in question? For all we know, this could indeed be a tease that he is involved in the movie. On the other…

Dave Bautista is one of the suspects in the forthcoming Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion. This will mark the second time the actor has gone up against Daniel Craig, as the two previously faced off in the James Bond film Spectre. While one might assume that this means the two actors know each other quite well, Bautista says Craig is like a different person on the set of the new Rian Johnson movie.When Daniel Craig finished making Spectre he famously said he’d rather slash his writs than play James Bond again. While he…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDave Bautista said Daniel Craig was happier on the set of Knives Out than he was on the set of James Bond.Bautista worked with Craig on 2015’s Spectre and will be collaborating with him again on Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.“He was really put through it on Bond,” Bautista told Entertainment Weekly on Wednesday (9 November). “You could feel that he was under a lot of…

Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images The action comedy remains one of the most popular and ubiquitous subgenres because it can be spun off in so many different directions, and one of the most specific-yet-popular iterations finds a cop teaming up with a canine partner. Dave Bautista is now poised to get in on the action, with the actor in talks to star in and produce Unleashed for Netflix. It sounds wildly uninspiring at first glance, but the project is set to be directed by Tag‘s Jeff Tosmic from a script…

Dave Bautista has spoken out about the need for men to stand up for women’s rights.Guardians of the Galaxy star Bautista has previously been outspoken with his political opinions, and has publically championed gender equality and LGBT+ rights.The 6ft 3in former wrestler was approached on the street and asked how important it was that “men who look like get a lot louder for women”. “I don’t think it has anything to do with men who look like me,” Bautista responded, per TMZ. “Every f***ing man needs to be louder about the…