Dave Bautista says he’s growing some rom-com concepts after getting telephone calls asking him to embrace the style.
Dave Bautista, whose newest motion comedy The Killer’s Recreation involves theaters this Friday, is able to make hearts go pitter-pat by starring in a romantic comedy. Up to now, Bautista questioned if he was “too unattractive” to develop into a silver-screen Lothario, asking Web page Six in a 2023 interview, “Is there something that unappealing about me that excludes me from these parts?” Aww, Dave! Don’t hearken to your Emo Teen Life Coach. He doesn’t know what he’s speaking about! I do know loads of individuals who discover your rugged beauty alluring, after which some.
Quick-forward to the Los Angeles premiere of The Killer’s Recreation, the place Bautista advised The Hollywood Reporter that his Web page Six feedback “sparked quite a conversation, but I started getting a lot of phone calls after that.”
“I said that and started getting calls immediately,” Bautista continued. “So we’ve got a couple that we’re developing that are actually really funny.” Lastly, he stated he’s “making his way there, like a full-on rom-com. Not like an action rom-com, a full-on rom-com.”
Dave Bautista has been the focal point currently, with followers and onlookers inquiring about his current weight reduction. Don’t fear; he’s good—by no means higher, really. He gained a lot weight for his position as Leonard in M. Night time Shyamalan’s Knock on the Cabin however didn’t need to do the maintenance to carry onto the kilos. As an alternative, he turned to jiu-jitsu and shed a number of kilos by martial arts and laborious work to achieve a extra manageable weight.
Right here’s the official synopsis for The Killer’s Recreation courtesy of Lionsgate:
Within the new action-comedy THE KILLER’S GAME, when prime hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) is recognized with a terminal sickness, he decides to take issues into his personal arms – by taking a success out on himself. However when the very hitmen he employed additionally goal his ex-girlfriend (Sofia Boutella), he should fend off a military of murderer colleagues and win again the love of his life earlier than it’s too late.
Director and stunt performer J.J. Perry (John Wick: Chapter 2, The Destiny of the Livid, The Rundown) directs from a script by Rand Ravich and James Coyne based mostly on Jay R. Bonansinga’s e-book.
Dave Bautista leads the forged alongside Sofia Boutella (Atomic Blonde, Resort Artemis, Argylle), Terry Crews (Brooklyn 9-9, White Chicks), Scott Adkins (John Wick: Chapter 4, Dayshift, Avengement), with Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Thunder Pressure, Westworld), and Ben Kingsley (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Horny Beast, Schindler’s Listing).
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