GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: Dave Bautista Admits He Originally Didn't Enjoy The Film's Script

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: Dave Bautista Admits He Originally Didn't Enjoy The Film's Script

While Dave Bautista's Drax the Destroyer is set to deliver the laughs once again in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the actor has admitted he wasn't always fully satisfied with the film's script.

By MattBellissimo - May 03, 2017 04:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Vol. 2
Source: CBR
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has been going strong in international theatres ahead of its U.S. release this Friday, and it seems like audiences are ready to embrace another adventure from Marvel's cosmic misfits. However, actor Dave Bautista — who plays the ferocious lunkhead, Drax — has admitted that he wasn't a huge fan of the film's script when he first received it.

“I was excited about the script,” Bautista told CBR, “[but] when I first read the script, I wasn’t crazy about my part. It went a different direction than what I thought they were going to go with Drax. That’s just because I was expecting one thing and got another. So I was a little bit thrown off at first. Also, what I usually do when I get a script is I read my dialogue first, I just didn’t really get the jokes. I just didn’t think Drax was that significant in the film, and I don’t find myself funny at all. So I remember reading, and I’m just sitting there not laughing. Like, wow, it was disappointing because I thought Drax was going to be so much more.”

Of course, context is everything, and Bautista acknowledged that it was the table read with his co-stars that put everything into perspective. “When we sat down for the table read, is when it clicked. It clicked in my head. For one, I could hear everybody doing their own parts, and it was just so funny and deep, and some of it sad. But also, when I would say my lines and people would laugh, it would kind of start to make sense."

One element that helped the actor was the addition of Pom Klementieff as Mantis, whose humourous delivery resonated well with Bautista.  “We knew right away on the screen test, because I screen tested with three or four other actresses, and Pom was the one who I just connected with emotionally,” he said. “Like me, she just wears her heart on her sleeve, and she’s just got that emotional range. She also has a knack of being able to deliver a joke in a deadpan manner. She’s got the same knack. It just meshed well together.”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
releases on May 5, 2016.
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Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/3/2017, 4:34 AM
He was really funny!!!

But the first film is so much better in everyway possible...

Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/3/2017, 4:36 AM
Drax does feel like a completely different character from Vol 1..
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/3/2017, 4:39 AM
They sacrificed the Story for making lots of jokes...but Rocket & Groot worked in every scene...
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/3/2017, 4:34 AM
"...But also, when I would say my lines and people would laugh, it would kind of start to make sense."

knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 5/3/2017, 5:20 AM
@SuperCat - grown a** man spouting rubbish lol but it just works for this world
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 5/3/2017, 4:51 AM
Those are some weirdly endearing comments. Bautista's Drax is a consistent delight in these movies, even though he didn't actually have a whole lot to do in the film itself. And Mantis was awesome.

Between Whedon, Gunn, and the Russos, Marvel has pretty cornered the market on people who know how to direct ensemble casts. I think Tarantino and Carnahan are the only ones out there that I think could do this kind of chunky cast work this well. (Memo to Feige... Joe Carnahan - Sinister Six movie question mark? Before or after you leave an upper-decker in Pascal's office bathroom? Just spit-balling.)
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 5/3/2017, 5:01 AM
@RasAlGhul - Stop going on about zack snyder
AgeofHeroes
AgeofHeroes - 5/3/2017, 5:05 AM
@AngryBillCipher - THE MAN is directly the world most powerful team, i will kill him if he destroys this, , LITERALLY
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 5/3/2017, 5:07 AM
@RasAlGhul - I'm pretty sure Mr. "Superman and Wonder Woman don't actually say anything to each other in their first live-action appearance together" is never going to deliver on this particular metric.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 5/3/2017, 5:08 AM
This reminds me, though. I want to see how Free Fire delivers on this aspect.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/3/2017, 4:58 AM
Kyos
Kyos - 5/3/2017, 5:02 AM
I just hope he gets to do a little more awesome (and relevant) action in Infinity War/sequel and Volume 3.
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