After gaining weight with a view to play horror film villain Leonard in M. Night time Shyamalan’s Knock on the Cabin earlier this yr, Dave Bautista is again in superhero form. The wrestler-turned-actor lately shared a photograph from considered one of his on-set exercises whereas filming Marvel sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, during which he reprises the function of Drax the Destroyer, presumably for the ultimate time—and his jacked arms and physique are on full show.
As an motion star with roles in among the greatest franchises proper now (he can boast a credit score in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune in addition to the MCU), you’d totally anticipate the previous WWE champion to be swole as all hell—however the best way Bautista tells it, his main aim for figuring out is to help his personal psychological well being. He has spoken frankly about how discovering a ardour for bodybuilding “saved his life” as a youthful man, and the way figuring out is “therapeutic” for him.
“Me wanting the best way I do is de facto simply type of a by-product of that,” he advised Males’s Well being. “I’m not consumed about like, ‘Oh I can bench, like, 500 kilos; I can deadlift 800 kilos.’ I’m not that man in any respect. I’d quite watch another person deadlift than do it myself. I’d quite be boxing or doing a little sort of fascinating cardio like biking. I’d quite be working with a coach and preserving it recent.”
Whereas Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 would not hit theaters till Might 5 subsequent yr, you possibly can catch Bautista within the meantime on Disney+ within the Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular, and on Netflix within the whodunnit sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller reverse Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monae and Kate Hudson from December 23.
Philip Ellis is a contract author and journalist from the UK protecting popular culture, relationships and LGBTQ+ points. His work has appeared in GQ, Teen Vogue, Man Repeller and MTV.
