Dave Bautista may already play a major role in one comic book franchise as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Drax, but the former professional wrestler has nonetheless set his sights on the Dceu. After threatening to quit the McU if James Gunn wasn’t rehired for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3., Bautista was briefly in talks to re-team with the director on The Suicide Squad before the role ironically went to his old WWE rival John Cena.
That hasn’t deterred the Blade Runner 2049 star though, and following on from his admission that he’d pitched the idea of playing Bane in The Batman to Warner Bros. and DC, we’ve heard that they’ve now re-entered talks with an eye to having Bautista don the mask in one of the potential sequels to Matt Reeves’ film.
According to our intel – which comes from the same sources that...
That hasn’t deterred the Blade Runner 2049 star though, and following on from his admission that he’d pitched the idea of playing Bane in The Batman to Warner Bros. and DC, we’ve heard that they’ve now re-entered talks with an eye to having Bautista don the mask in one of the potential sequels to Matt Reeves’ film.
According to our intel – which comes from the same sources that...
- 8/14/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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