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Dave Bautista: Landing role in ‘Guardian’ life-changing Dave Bautista: Landing role in

DAVE Bautista had an emotional breakdown' when he landed the role of Drax the Destroyer in 'Guardians of the Galaxy. The 52-year-old actor has played the character in a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies and described how getting the part was life­ changing' as he looked to prove himself as an actor following a career in wrestling. Dave Bautista Dave said: "It was months of auditions and screen tests, and would have been devastated. But flying back and forth to LA, and it literally changed my career. It keeping my fingers crossed. They changed my life." wouldn't exclude me from the Dave also opened up on his role, but they wanted to audition relationship with director James other people, so I'm just holding Gunn and was pleased that the on, in the mix. I think I wasn't filmmaker was "very interested" established as an actor. They still in him as a performer despite his had reservations. lack of acting experience. "But when I finally got the role, He told Digital Spy: "James I had an emotional breakdown. treated me great from day one. It was life-changing. It was He was just very open-minded in life-altering for me. I had been the way he looked at me. struggling just to even get uHe only looked at me as a auditions. It was like three years performer. When I came in after I'd left wrestling. and auditioned for him, I don't I left wrestling on top. I took think he knew anything about a chance on myself, and really professional wrestling, I don't struggled for three years. think he [cared]. I could just see “If it had gone a different way, he was very interested in my I would have been crushed. I performance." — Bang Showbiz