WHAT IF...? Star Fred Tatasciore Talks Replacing Dave Bautista As Drax And Confirms Volstagg Role (Exclusive)

WHAT IF...? Star Fred Tatasciore Talks Replacing Dave Bautista As Drax And Confirms Volstagg Role (Exclusive)

Dave Bautista says he wasn't asked to return as Drax in What If...?, and legendary voice actor Fred Tatasciore has now addressed this, while confirming he will also play Volstagg in the Disney+ series...

By JoshWilding - Sep 08, 2021 02:09 PM EST
Filed Under: What If

Dave Bautista has grown increasingly outspoken about his role as Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the past few years, and the actor created quite the stir when he revealed that Marvel Studios hadn't asked him to play the character in What If...? Instead, Fred Tatasciore lent his voice to the hero in "What If...T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" (and he did an awesome job). 

Recently, we got to speak to the legendary voice actor about his role as Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, but had to ask for his take on the "controversy" surrounding Drax.

"Yeah, not to speak out of school, but quite frankly, I had no idea what happened. It sounds like there must have been a snafu somewhere. I don’t know," Fred admitted. "I’m basically just...I do a voice match for him [Laughs]. I wasn’t sure how it went down. Drax tends to be one of my favourite characters. He makes me laugh so much. Just that whole [adopts Drax’s voice], ‘Haha, you must feel pretty stupid then!’ I love how on the nose he is."

"David Sobolov plays him so beautifully in the animated series. I would record with him and laugh every time. I loved what Dave Bautista did too. I just loved it, but was honoured and don’t want to make any waves with anybody. We just audition and I certainly didn’t know what it was for. We’re just thrown stuff and try to do it. I had so much fun working on that show. It was such a joy to do."

Fred went on to confirm that he also voices Volstagg in What If...? (in the "Party Thor" episode, we're guessing). The full cast list made no mention of Ray Stevenson, but it's only now we're learning that the Injustice star was also enlisted to bring this member of The Warriors Three to life in the animated MCU.

"I do him and Volstagg, Thor’s friend. It was fun," Fred concluded. "I mean, they have a lot of the original folks, so I don’t know what happened, but I was just really happy to do it and had so much fun [Laughs]. Spending time with Drax is always fun. He’s one of my favourites."

We'll have much more from Fred to share with you soon, so keep checking back here for updates! 

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms is available now on 4K/Blu-ray & Digital!
 

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Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 9/8/2021, 2:13 PM
This guy did a really good job. If it wasn't for Dave's moaning I might not have even known he was replaced.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 9/8/2021, 2:34 PM
Think it's smart they bring in people like Fred Tatsciore. So far every returning MCU actor has been for larger and/or returning roles, and since Drax only got one or two lines it would make more sense to get someone who can do all these minor characters like Drax and Volstagg.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/8/2021, 2:47 PM
Aside from Mortal Kombat, got some great stuff on Rhino, The Atom (in Injustice), and Solomon Grundy! And he did *the* voices while we were chatting. So freaking cool.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 9/8/2021, 2:55 PM
Slightly off topic but if Janet was a zombie how did she contact hank for him to locate her in the quantum realm?
ElricReturns
ElricReturns - 9/8/2021, 3:47 PM
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 9/8/2021, 3:50 PM
@ElricReturns - 😆 🤣 😂
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/8/2021, 4:26 PM
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Finally watched Shang Chi. Review? 3 stars. Some lovely action and funny comedy, then some action and comedy that didn’t grip me. Mid credits felt a bit forced won’t lie “congratulations, new recruit”, but I did like the end credit, from mandarin chicken to mandarin orange. What got me the most was… the end reminded me of the Great Wall😬but I loved the cameos. And I thought the Mandarin and the masked ninja were cool, Razorfist was a bit dry.
KurtLazner
KurtLazner - 9/8/2021, 6:17 PM
All these What If articles got me feeling like I'm watching a Creed music video.
ager
ager - 9/8/2021, 7:34 PM
I just want to see, whether it’s What If, a movie, or She-Hulk, what Thor’s roommate has been up to.
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