<p>Wrestler-turned-actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/marvel-actor-dave-bautista-calls-congressman-dan-crenshaw-obscene-name-over-gwen-berry-criticism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Bautista</a> (Batista in the WWE ring) told <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/gq-hype-dave-bautista" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GQ Magazine</a> that after playing the role of Drax the Destroyer for a decade, he was relieved to be waving goodbye to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.</p>
<p><a href="https://dailywire.com/news/james-gunn-dave-bautista-accuse-ted-cruz-of-treason/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bautista</a> referred to his turn as Drax — the painfully-literal revenge-obsessed character who turns out to be all heart — as &#8220;a silly performance&#8221; and lamented the fact that Marvel had missed out on developing his backstory a bit more. But he also made it clear that he might never have gotten to where he is today without that role.</p>
<p>&#8220;I had to pull over because I was crying so hard. I turned right back around and walked into my house shaking to tell my wife I had gotten the role, and we were both standing there freaking out,&#8221; Bautista said of the moment he learned he had made it. His life prior to that had been a roller coaster — wrestling with the WWE and then losing nearly everything once he left the ring to pursue acting.</p>
<p>Bautista went on to explain that he used the success of &#8220;Guardians of the Galaxy&#8221; to catapult himself into different roles — and he used each of those roles to learn how to make himself a better actor.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m obsessed with it. It’s this puzzle that I can’t figure out. You don’t know if it’s right, but sometimes it <em>feels</em> right. I don’t get those moments a lot, but every once in a while I do. And f***, to me, there’s nothing like it. It’s a natural high. It’s an addiction,&#8221; he explained.</p>
<p>But <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/dave-bautista-marvel-exit-relief-drax-too-silly-1235478605/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Bautista</a>, Drax has taken him as far as he can — and he&#8217;s ready for the ride to end.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m so grateful for Drax. I love him. But there’s a relief [that it’s over]. It wasn’t all pleasant. It was hard playing that role,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The makeup process was beating me down. And I just don’t know if I want Drax to be my legacy—it’s a silly performance, and I want to do more dramatic stuff.&#8221;</p>
<p>That said, Bautista has also lamented the fact that Marvel did not do more to bring Drax&#8217;s backstory to the forefront. There are scenes in which he references his family — more to bolster the focus on his desire for revenge than to develop him further as a character — but not much is said beyond that.</p>
<p>&#8220;I really wished they would have invested more in Drax, personally. Because I think Drax has more of a story to tell,&#8221; Bautista <a href="https://collider.com/dave-bautista-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-drax-comments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Collider</a> in 2021. &#8220;I think Drax has a really interesting backstory, which they dropped the ball on. That’s no dig on Marvel. They had their slate, I know what they’re focused on, that’s what they have [it] slated out. But man, I think they really missed the ball on Drax. He has such a great backstory.&#8221;</p>
<p>Drax (at least as portrayed by Bautista) is set to exit the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the upcoming &#8220;Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3,&#8221; opening in early May 2023 — a move that Bautista predicted in 2021:</p>
<p>&#8220;<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Drax isn’t going anywhere. He just won’t be played by this dude! </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">by the time G3 comes out I’ll be 54 yrs old for gods sake! </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> im expecting everything to start sagging any second now,&#8221; the actor tweeted.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drax isn’t going anywhere. He just won’t be played by this dude! 🤷🏻‍♂️by the time G3 comes out I’ll be 54 yrs old for gods sake! 😱 im expecting everything to start sagging any second now. 😂 <a href="https://t.co/eRJR6ZPtE2">https://t.co/eRJR6ZPtE2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveBautista/status/1390837973898440708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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