Dave Bautista wants to play ‘Bane’ on big screen
DAVE Bautista is desperate to land the role of Bane on the big screen.
The 52-year-old wrestlerturned-actor revealed that he has asked both Warner Bros. and DC Comic to be considered for the role as the Batman villain when he next features in a movie.
Asked about his dream role during an appearance at Justice Con, Dave said: “Oh, it would be Bane all day long. I’ve made no secret about this. I want to play Bane so bad I went to Warner Bros., had an appointment with them, had an appointment with DC, walked in the door and said, ‘I want to play Bane.’
“I’m not kidding. They were a little like, ‘Whoa, we’re not even casting Bane.’ I was like, ‘I don’t care, I’m playing him.’”
Bautista’s bid to play Bane has the support of director Zack Snyder who said we should ‘all accept’ that the former WWE grappler will play the antagonist.
The ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ filmmaker said: “We’ve really just gotta figure out how to get Dave Bautista to be Bane. Let’s just all accept the fact that he’s gotta be Bane, and there’s no two ways about it!”
Bautista has previously starred in the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ MCU movies as Drax the Destroyer and has been praised by director James Gunn for what he has brought to the franchise.
In a gushing Twitter thread responding to questions on why Bautista is such a good actor, James wrote: “Bc @DaveBautista takes the craft seriously. He’s grounded in real emotion & not showy. The difference between Dave and many wrestler-actors is when you look in his eyes on set he’s in the place he’s supposed to be, not thinking about what he’s going to do next.”