Dave Bautista is relieved to say goodbye to MCU’s Drax: ‘It’s a silly performance, I want to do more dramatic stuff’

Former wrestler Dave Bautista‘s breakout function in Hollywood was with the 2014 Marvel function Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn. He performed the warrior Drax the Destroyer within the superhero franchise movie, turning into the comedian reduction within the sequence. The actor additionally obtained a number of kudos for his portrayal of Drax. This 12 months, he says goodbye to the character after six motion pictures over 9 years. (Also learn: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer out, followers say ‘this movie will be epic’)

Dave isn’t the primary wrestler to hitch Hollywood. Dwayne Johnson and John Cena have additionally made a reputation for themselves within the business. But filmmakers and followers have famous Dave’s enthusiasm to department out as an actor since he started performing in 2006. He was not too long ago seen in Rian Johnson‘s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in December the place he performed Duke, a former online game streamer turned males’s rights activist. Rian additionally said he believes Dave has the potential to take an actual dramatic lead function with a longtime filmmaker and ship.

In a brand new interview with GQ journal, Dave spoke about taking his performing profession to the following degree. He shared that he needed to say goodbye to Drax in spite of everything this time as he’s extra eager to take other forms of components with the intention to be a ‘revered actor’. The actor needed to spend 4 hours in make-up to remodel himself into Drax. He stated, “I’m so grateful for Drax. I love him. But there’s a relief [that it’s over]. It wasn’t all pleasant. It was hard playing that role. The makeup process was beating me down. And I just don’t know if I want Drax to be my legacy—it’s a silly performance, and I want to do more dramatic stuff.”

This year, Dave will reunite with his castmates for James’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in May. Before that, he will be seen in M Night Shyamalan‘s psychological horror movie Knock At The Cabin in February. The movie additionally stars Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Rupert Grint. Later this 12 months, he can even be seen in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two the place he performs a villain, Glossu Rabban.