‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Star Dave Bautista Recalls His

“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Dave Bautista recalled his “nightmare” audition for the James Gunn film, explaining how “terrified” he was to learn for the half.

“Oh my God, it was a nightmare. I was terrified,” the actor stated throughout a panel on the Denver Pop Culture Con on Saturday. “I was really desperate at the time, I had hardly worked in three years, and I had gone broke, I had lost all my money from wrestling and I was desperate to get a job. I finally got an agent, like, two weeks before I got the audition for ‘Guardians.’ My agent says ‘You know, I really had to fight to get you this audition. It was really hard to get, they didn’t really want to audition you. They didn’t want to see any pro wrestlers, so I don’t want to get your hopes up.’”

“He built my hopes really low, so I went in with low expectations,” Bautista continued. “I didn’t understand Drax. I called my acting coach and said ‘I don’t get this’ […] and he flipped out because he’s like the biggest fanboy. Anyway, he made me do a little research and I found one picture of Drax, and I said ‘That looks like me!’ He babied me through this whole process, my first and second auditions, my acting coach came with me, he was holding my hand like a little baby. I read for [casting director] Sarah Finn; she’s amazing. I read with her and she said ‘Don’t be nervous. Take your time, we can stay here all day.’”

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Bautista was requested to return to learn for Gunn, which should’ve gone nicely as a result of Bautista bought the gig and has since reprised his position within the sequel, in addition to “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame.” The chemistry learn with Chris Pratt solidified the position for him.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” presently doesn’t have a launch date. Gunn will return to jot down and direct the installment, though he was fired from the franchise final 12 months after on-line critics found years-old tweets during which he joked about rape and pedophilia. Gunn apologized and stated he had grown as an individual within the years for the reason that jokes. Despite calls from many followers to reinstate him, Disney made clear on the time that Gunn wouldn’t direct the third “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

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The “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise has remodeled $700 million on the field workplace, with the final installment scoring a gap weekend of $146 million two years in the past. Both movies have been extremely praised by critics and followers alike.

Watch Bautista’s panel above.