It looks like Marvel star Dave Bautista has his heart set on a DC character… or two.
At the weekend’s JusticeCon event (bottom) the Guardian of the Galaxy star, who is getting ready for the release of Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead on Netflix, revealed that not only does he have a favourite DC villain he wants to play, he actually went straight to Warner Brothers to tell them.
And yes, if you guessed Bane, you’d be spot on.
Asked who he’d like to play in a DC movie, he immediately answered: “Oh, it would be Bane all day long.
“I’ve made no secret about this. I want to play Bane so bad I went to Warner Bros., had an appointment with them, had an appointment with DC, walked in the door and said: ‘I want to play Bane. I’m not kidding.’
“They were a little like ‘Woah, we’re not even casting Bane’. I was like ‘I don’t care, I’m playing him’.”
However, a tweet, below, he has added to the story, saying he was not really entertained at all: “I wasn’t joking. But in all honesty, they did have a good giggle and show me the exit. At least I gave it a shot.”
The image of a man-mountain like Bautista, left, storming DC/Warner and demanding he play a character they aren’t even looking to bring back yet before being marched out strikes me as pretty funny and, as he said, at least he gave it a shot, and you have to respect that.
Interestingly, Bautista also mentioned Lobo in characters he’d like to bring to life from the DC universe… now, that, I could see for sure.
Thoughts? Let me hear them…
I wasn’t joking. But in all honesty they did have a good giggle and show me the exit. 😂.. at least I gave it a shot. 🤷🏻♂️My life seems to be a continuing mission to find an alternative route to get to where I want to be. I’m good with that.. #DreamChaser https://t.co/hRpfwIdvWg pic.twitter.com/5PTG06M47C
— The Artist Formerly Known as Super Duper Dave (@DaveBautista) April 20, 2021
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