Movie Pass/Fail: Dave Bautista wanted to play Bane in new DC movies, but got turned down by James Gunn

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Dave Bautista no longer feels he can 'bring justice to Bane' as James Gunn reboots DC 'from scratch'

Though his Guardians of the Galaxy director is now in charge of DC Films, Dave Bautista won't get to fulfill his dream of playing Bane, Batman's back-breaking antagonist.
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Dave Bautista wanted to play Bane in new DC movies, but got turned down by James Gunn

The actor concedes that maybe it's for the best: "I just don't know if I could handle the physical part, and I don't think I would have the longevity to plan ahead for films."
By Christian HolubJanuary 30, 2023 at 12:12 PM EST




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Imagine Dave Bautista breaking Batman's back with a Batista Bomb. Well, it could have happened.
Back in 2021, Bautista told an audience at Justice Con that he had personally lobbied Warner Bros. for a chance to play Batman's super-strong antagonist. That was before James Gunn, who worked with Bautista on Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy movies, became DC's shepherd of superheroes, so he tried it again once his previous collaborator was in place. Unfortunately, it's unlikely we'll ever see him in the supervillain's signature headgear.
"I have had conversations with James about that but I think the direction he's leaning in, completely rebooting that whole universe, he's starting from scratch and starting younger and fresher and I think you need to do that," Bautista told Insider.
Dave Bautista once harbored dreams of playing Batman villain Bane, but now acknowledges he's too old for the role.

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He continued, "You need to start to plan for the next 15 years, and I just don't think you can do that with me. I understand that. And, also, I have to say that I appreciate that because I don't want to play a character that I can't bring justice to it. I don't think at this point in my career that I can bring justice to Bane anymore. I just don't know if I could handle the physical part, and I don't think I would have the longevity to plan ahead for films."

Perhaps Bautista's days in superhero films are behind him. After all, the wrestler-turned-actor will say farewell to his years-long role as Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 later this year. He doesn't sound too sad about it, either. "It wasn't all pleasant. It was hard playing that role. The makeup process was beating me down," he told GQ, adding that he wants to do "more dramatic stuff."
He's getting his wish, too. He recently played a body-building men's rights influencer in Rian Johnson's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery for Netflix. He also has a major role in M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming thriller Knock at the Cabin. He'll also return as Glossu Rabban Harkonnen in the second installment of Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic Dune later this year. Speaking with EW in 2021, Bautista credited Villeneuve in particular for getting people to take him more seriously as an actor.
 
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I read his response about not wanting to do it because it would be a long term commitment

Would bane be a character that would require a long term commitment, beyond the appearance in one flick?

This probably has more to do with his issues with Gunn in general.
 
xxxbishopxxx said:
I read his response about not wanting to do it because it would be a long term commitment

Would bane be a character that would require a long term commitment, beyond the appearance in one flick?

This probably has more to do with his issues with Gunn in general.
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From what I have heard and read?

Gunn doing a hard reboot - younger across the board with the Marvel phases model so yeah it would be a SERIOUS long term commitment

Also to keep salaries in check.

Gunn is his brother from another so I like how it's no beef just reality.

But I hope he can do maybe Bane animated or an Elseworlds.
 
He could do Bane. Shoot he was great in Spectre as Mr. Jinx. Matter fact he could do Bane, Clayface, or better yet Killer Croc in Matt Reeves Batman saga
 
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Dave Bautista says 'it's been extremely challenging' breaking out of action roles

Dave Bautista says 'it's been extremely challenging' expanding beyond action roles, calling 'Knock at the Cabin' a 'put up or shut up moment.'
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Dave Bautista says 'it's been extremely challenging' breaking out of action roles

Knock at the Cabin was the actor's "put up or shut up moment" after saying for years that he wants meatier parts.
By Nick RomanoFebruary 02, 2023 at 03:38 PM EST


Guardians of the Galaxy and Dune star Dave Bautista has opened up about his mission to take on more demanding roles, saying "it's been extremely challenging" breaking the action-star box in which Hollywood has placed him.
"It's something I still struggle against, but I'm not angry and I'm not resentful," the former WWE star tells EW in an interview for his new film, M. Night Shyamalan's Knock at the Cabin. "I understand why people wouldn't want me for certain roles because my size is distracting. I know that about myself. So this is why when something comes along, like Leonard [in] Knock at the Cabin, it just means that much more to me."

It also made playing Leonard, one of four strangers who invade the home of a gay couple on a mission of Biblical proportions, a high-stakes test.
Dave Bautista's Leonard in 'Knock at the Cabin'

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"I've been saying that I wanted roles like this. I wanted meaty roles so I could prove my worth as an actor," Bautista explains. "I really do feel like this was that put up or shut up moment, where I could prove those statements to be true. But also I knew, 'Here's my opportunity, dude. You're about to get judged.' So it was intimidating. It was scary."
Ben Aldridge and Jonathan Groff star in Knock at the Cabin as Andrew and Eric, who are on vacation with their daughter, Wen (Kristen Cui), in a remote cabin in the woods. Leonard, a spectacled, seemingly docile elementary school teacher, leads three others in a home invasion. They are convinced that the family must willingly select one of their own to sacrifice or all of humanity will be destroyed in a Biblical apocalypse.

Bautista acknowledges that his past work in the action space led him to Knock at the Cabin. "Night considered me for Leonard because he saw me in Blade Runner. So all these little pieces opened doors for me," he says. "I've based my life on opportunity. My success is based on opportunity. Everybody's success should be based on opportunity."
Ben Aldridge, Jonathan Groff, and Kristen Cui star as a terrorized family in 'Knock at the Cabin.'

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Like Shyamalan, Bautista hopes other filmmakers and producers will "look outside the box and find a way to work around my physicality."
"I don't want to be excluded from those roles just because I look a certain way," he adds. "But then again, this is Hollywood. That's what it is."
Knock at the Cabin opens in theaters Friday.
 
knightmelodic said:
Dave is getting a little too big for his britches. He's not a great actor and his roles are based on his physical appearance, not his thespian ability.
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Oh you must have not seen him in the knock at the cabin



Yeah that guy might want to rethink his decision of not wanting to do guardians of Galaxy no more
 
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