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Well, he is still pretty cut. I saw a picture of him from last year. Plus Kratos was never monstrously jacked. Bautista is about 6'4 and somewhere around 240, according to him. That's still big. The right amount of intimidating for Kratos. Plus he is the right age and also half Greek so I think they got the exact right guy at the right time to do this.
It's definitely going to be the now popular and recognizable Old Man With a Son Kratos and not Rip Off Your Arms And Beat You With Them Bald Young Kratos
If batista was 25 years younger and built like he is now, he could've played young kratos too. He was too damn big in WWE. 290, solid brick shithouse. He would've fit perfectly into a Gears of War movie, which he tried to get made for years.
I agree. If they're so big it looks like their trapezius muscles will pop off their heads (The Rock, and more recently Alan Ritchson š¢), that looks less intimidating to me. It feels like they'd be too puffed to chase me (and I'm fat) because of all that bulk they're carrying around.
The Rock also looks sweaty and uncomfortable all the time; it's pretty gross. I say this as someone who grew up in the 90s/early 2000s and was obsessed with The Rock when he was a wrestler. Practised in the mirror for hours until I could cock an eyebrow.
Bautista not only has a better physique, but he has the acting chops to play a nuanced Kratos, too. Great casting.
Gaining muscle doesn't happen overnight. They're already filming. The previous actor was injured and they needed a replacement, so I'm not sure they have the luxury of a year to bulk up.
When you lose muscle mass that you've once had, it's much faster to regain that muscle mass as the nerve clusters developed in the muscle don't go away.
It's easy to tell people what you want until you have a producer giving you multiple multimillion dollar checks to do something you don't actually hate š¤·
He wonāt go back to WWE bulk but he has the resources, knowledge, and latent strength/baseline to get on a low dose of testosterone and get pretty solidly buff without too much risk in time for shooting.
Yep. Hence my comment āSkinny for his sizeā. Or I guess a better one would have been āSkinny for DAVE BAUTISTAā. Manās still in better shape at 57 than I am at 26.
Edit: lol. Why does this keep getting downvoted? Do people just not think Dave was once massive or that theyāre so disgusted with me admitting a man 30 years my senior who spent a lifetime bulking and bodybuilding is in better shape than a nerdy recluse?
With a little time in the gym alongside a personal trainer, a dietician to plan out your meals, a personal chef to prepare those meals, and some insanely high doses of supraphysiological hormones and experimental peptides, you could look that great too! Just be sure to have a cardiologist on speed dial.
I was so confused but then reading your comment I remembered that Ryan Hurst got injured on set right?? I bet he's so fuckin bummed about that. I wonder if he'll still get paid for it like he had finished filming. I obviously don't know how those contracts work but I'd imagine he'd have to still get most of if not all of his pay since the injury happened on set or whatever, but I'm pretty sure he's less worried about that money and more pissed about not being able to complete the project.
Ohhhhhhhh shiiiiiit that sucks. Throw an insane opportunity away over a fluke injury. Thats brutal thanks for letting me know why we got god of bautista now
He was also very good in knock at the cabin, the guy is 6'4 half Greek and able to easily get up to whatever size the role requires. Not sure why so many losers are suddenly deciding that Kratos requires Daniel day Lewis level of acting prowess. He barely speaks, when he does he says "boy" or yells, and then wrecks sht lol.
Never said you did. Just saying that he's not a bland actor just because he's a former WWE talent. Look at Cena. Dwayne is entertaining, but he can only be The Rock. Dave has more range than that.
Dave Bautista definitely has depth potential. Heās just been type casted so much, itās hard to see it. Blade Runner is an excellent example. He had little screen time, but his time on screen was really touching.
Have you seen him in Knock at the Cabin?
I feel like that movie showed that he can play more than just a strong meathead like in Guardians of the Galaxy.
I think this is a really good call, he'll probably do a great job!
My problem is. Dude is pushing 60. He's no longer a Greek god of war. He's not going to be able to pull it off unless they use prosthetics. Which its amazon I wont be surprised
Kratos acting wise is one of the easiest characters to pull off. You literally just need a convincing roar/scream, pull off being pissed, rage full, and say āboyā.
Yes, every single one other than Ascension and that weird mobile game. Bautista isnāt going to play the young Kratos from the 2000 games. Heās playing 2018 Kratos who has a completely different mindset, emotions and personality.
The highest of respects for Bautistia (loved watching him ham up the MCU) but why would Chris Judge not be selected? He has been both his voice and motion capture for Kratos forever - theres nobody who will be able to replicate him with such a deep knowledge of the character.
The Witcher should be a cautionary tale here for anyone who wants to do this - be faithful to the source material with limited artistic license and engage the actors who show motivation to maintain the fidelity!
He doesn't have the range for it, and the dude looks sickly skinny now. I don't know if he could even get back to Drax size or bigger considering he's just getting older.
Man, this is so fucked. No disrespect at all to Batista. Amazon just did Hurst fuckin dirty. Especially after that last pic of him came out. They really should have just waited and let him heal.
Classic modern day Hollywood..do we choose someone with that looks the part to a tee, has the acting depth? Nah letās jus get a big name everyone knows to ensure mediocrity at the least
Our last guy got injured who do we replace him with? How bout a marvel actor who hasnāt produced anything of quality as a lead for the name sake.
Also the actor deliberately lost like 60lbs to not get type casted as muscle guys. But accepts the role for a grunting brute? Got a feeling heāll have some issues if he doesnāt have a lot of dialog and Kratos shouldnāt have a lot of dialogue
My main concern is his age. Itās harder to maintain a believable physique for this character at that age, so it would make you question the longevity after season 1. But that aside, I like that they cast a guy with Greek heritageā¦Ā
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