Dave Bautista Not Sure He Wants Drax to Be His Legacy

Dave Bautista is just not actually enjoying coy about his want to maneuver on from his position as Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy collection. Bautista has performed Drax six instances, together with the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 that Bautista had already strongly hinted will likely be his farewell to the character.

And that was earlier than his newest profile in GQ. Talking about his profession from wrestling to Hollywood, Bautista stated he was “grateful” for Drax, but additionally spoke a bit ambivalently concerning the character as nicely whereas saying there’s “reduction” to be executed with Marvel. He stated:

I’m so grateful for Drax. I like him. However there’s a reduction [that it’s over]. It wasn’t all nice. It was exhausting enjoying that position. The make-up course of was beating me down. And I simply don’t know if I need Drax to be my legacy—it’s a foolish efficiency, and I wish to do extra dramatic stuff.

After turning into one of many largest names in WWE, Drax was Bautista’s breakthrough film position, showcasing his versatility not solely as an motion hero however as a deadpan comedian presence. However all that prosthetic make-up should actually suck to cope with, and Bautista, who’s 53 years outdated, has additionally spoken previously about how a lot work goes into sustaining a superheroic physique at his age as nicely.

Whether or not Bautista needs Drax to be his legacy or not, it’s going to seemingly be one of many roles he’s remembered for. However he’s already proven he can do different issues. Simply in the previous few years, he’s appeared in movies as different as Stuber, Military of the Lifeless, Dune, and now Glass Onion. He’ll subsequent be seen in M. Night time Shyamalan’s Knock on the Cabin, enjoying a person who claims to have acquired a prophetic imaginative and prescient that calls him to do one thing monstrous to forestall the apocalypse.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is scheduled to open in theaters on Might 5, 2023. Given these feedback, I believe a variety of followers are going to anticipate that poor outdated Drax doesn’t make it out of that movie alive.