Monday, January 18, 2021

Happy Birthday Dave Bautista!

Happy Birthday Dave Bautista!  The man who would become Drax the Destroyer, of course started out as a WWE wrestler under the name Batista.  Bautista was a champion winning the World Heavyweight Championship four times!  One of his early acting parts was as the alien Aldar in the “Static” (2006) of Smallville.  Bautista played the villain Brass Body who could turn his body into metal, Colossus-like in the action movie, The Man with the Iron Fists (2012).  He became famous for playing Drax the Destroyer in the MCU film Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) co-written and directed by James Gunn.  All of the cast became fan favorites.  



Next, Bautista played the henchman, Mr. Hinx, in the James Bond movie, Spectre (2015).    One of the most incredible parts was Sapper Morton in Blade Runner 2049 (2017) directed by Denis Villeneuve.  There was a short prequel, 2048: Nowhere to Run that featured Sapper Morton.  Bautista was also memorable as the humorous Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).  Drax also appeared in the theme park ride, Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission Breakout! (2017).  He joined the war against Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and then Avengers: Endgame (2019). Bautista played Garrett in the horror comedy episode, The Trial” (2019) for the series What We Do in the Shadows.  In 2020, Bautista starred in and co-produced the comedy My Spy.  Bautista has upcoming the Villeneuve adaptation of Dune playing the brutal Harkonnen, Beast Rabban. Happy Birthday Dave Bautista!   


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