Dave Bautista Wants No 'Blade Runner 2049' Spoilers – Even Though He's In the Film
Dave Bautista is certain to once again be an audience favorite in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; his Drax the Destroyer has been a comic highlight of the pre-release teases. And fans of the wrestler-turned-actor have even more to look forward to from him after James Gunn’s eagerly anticipated film. Bautista’s got a role in this fall’s Blade Runner 2049 — just don’t ask him for spoilers. As he revealed in a new interview, he’s so averse to them as a fan, he hasn’t even read the entire script.
Bautista confessed to Uproxx that he’s only read portions of the Blade Runner 2049 script — being directed by Arrival’s Denis Villeneuve, and starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford — that pertain to his character. He explains he’s so excited about the project that he doesn’t want any of it ruined ahead of time — regardless of the fact that he’s in it:
“It was a dream come true,” Bautista told Uproxx, “just growing up a fan of Blade Runner. But also, again, I have to put myself into kind of that fan bracket and say I was just so excited about it. I didn’t want to read the script! I was asking the producers if I could just kind of read my parts and not read the whole script!”
Bautista confessed that he’d do the same if he were offered a part in Star Wars, craving the same going-in-blind-and-being-surprised experience the rest of us get when we sit down for a big blockbuster.
“I would prefer not to read the script. And again, that just goes back to me being a fan. I want to go and I want to enjoy it. I want to sit there with my bucket of popcorn. I like the movie experience. It’s something that’s special to me. You know, when I was a little kid, we couldn’t really afford to go to the movies, so I had to sneak into movies. And once I sneaked into one, I’d sneak into every theater. It’s a special thing for me. It’s a whole experience.”
While it’s difficult to remember any actor ever admitting such a thing, Bautista’s comments clearly mark him as a relatable movie-lover first, and a larger-than-life star second. That star will only be enhanced by his role in Vol. 2, which blasts into theaters this Friday, May 5.
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