At the beginning of September, Dave Bautista surprised his followers and users on social networks due to their drastic physical change, which could be seen as she walked the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Bautista has been identified thanks to his long career as a wrestler and in recent years due to his foray into the film industry, mainly in action roles. In both areas, he has been helped by his physique, but he is looking to put that behind him.
This is what Dave Bautista looked like as a WWE star
Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999 and signed with WWE, then WWF, in 2000. For several years, he gained fame under the name Batista, and won several championships. He also won a pair of Royal Rumble matches in 2005 and 2014 and headlined the famous WrestleMania event on several occasions.
After nearly two decades in WWE, he retired from professional wrestling after WrestleMania 35 in 2019, a few years after he rose to fame thanks to his foray into cinema. This is what Dave Bautista looked like in 2019 at Wrestlemania 35:
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This is what Dave Bautista looked like in WWE in 2019.WWE
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From wrestling to cinema: This is how Dave Bautista changed
As an actor, Dave Bautista became known with his performances in ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’ (2012) y ‘Riddick‘ (2013). In addition, became the famous Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He participated in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2′, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, ‘Avengers: Endgame’, ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ y ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3′, as well as in ‘The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’.
This role catapulted him to worldwide fame. He has also participated in important films, including ‘Blade Runner 2049′ (2017), ‘My Spy’ (2020), ‘Army of the Dead’ (2021), ‘Dune‘ (2021) and its sequel in 2024, ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ (2022) y ‘Knock at the Cabin’ (2023).
This is what Bautista looked like for his role in ‘Knock at the Cabin’:
Dave Bautista’s drastic physical change
After his role in ‘Knock at the Cabin’, Dave Bautista has decided to lose weight and his change has been very noticeable. An interview with Chris Van Vliet He stated that His weight loss can be attributed to his acting career, mainly because he doesn’t want to appear too “distracting” on camera in front of his co-stars.
“I started losing weight because I grew too much for a role. Uncomfortably big,” said Bautista. “For ‘Knock at the Cabin’ I grew a lot. I weighed about 315 pounds (about 143 kilos)… I gained weight really fast and I gained an uncomfortable amount of weight and it took me forever to lose it.”
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“The thinner I got, the better I looked on camera and the better I looked next to other actors. I’m still a great human being.” At 1.93m and 109kg next to a typical actor, I look like a gorilla and it’s distracting. I’ll probably lose a few more kilos. I’m killing myself to be this slim. I’m training hard.”, explained. This is what Dave Bautista looks like today:
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Dave Bautista has surprised his fans with a drastic physical change, far from his appearance as a WWE star. Kayla OaddamsGetty Images
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