Dave Bautista Talks Playing Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy

Professional wrestler turned actor Dave Bautista portrays the hulking Drax the Destroyer in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which hits theaters on Aug. 1. The man was literally moved to tears at Comic-Con last year when he discussed how lucky he felt to play the part.

Screen Rant spoke to Bautista on set in September last year and recently published the interview, in which the actor reveals the similarities between himself and his character:

"It's so weird, man, and I keep not only thinking this, but I keep hearing this over and over that I was really born to play this part. I mean, I love putting on the makeup and everything, especially - you guys don't really get to see the contacts. The contacts are really the icing on the cake. They're really cool. But, I can just relate to Drax so much, it's not even funny, and just the simple things that we have in common. I mean, simple things like the tattoos (laughs) and just the tragedy, because I've had a bit of tragedy in my life as well.

So, it's really easy for me to pull from that, and you know, the stuff, it's such a...the coincidences of Drax using two knives as his weapon of choice. I've done Kali for years, you know, for years just by chance. Just little stuff like that. Not only that, but just like the first time I ever saw... because I didn't get Drax at all when I first read the sides for the audition. Just didn't get it, and I saw a picture of Drax, and I was like, 'Holy sh*t. Holy sh*t, that's me,' and it freaked me out."

Batista also briefly addresses some plot points, such as Drax's going after Ronan the Accuser instead of Thanos, as well as Drax's motivations. You can check out the full interview here.

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