Dave Bautista says there’s a “aid” to winding down his run as Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Drax as he appears to be like in the direction of extra dramatic roles in his future.

In a brand new GQ profile, the Glass Onion star talks about his profession trajectory from the WWE to the massive display, alongside together with his private performing ambitions. The actor acknowledges he’s in a transition interval, one the place he closes the door on the MCU franchise and its comedic character that helped launch his performing profession and a future in additional dramatic work.

“I’m so grateful for Drax. I like him,” the actor stated. “However there’s a aid [that it’s over]. It wasn’t all nice. It was onerous taking part in that function. The make-up course of was beating me down. And I simply don’t know if I would like Drax to be my legacy — it’s a foolish efficiency, and I need to do extra dramatic stuff.”

Bautista has portrayed the Kylosian alien for practically a decade, throughout a number of films and the most recent Guardians of the Galaxy vacation particular for Disney+. Now, the actor is wanting in the direction of his flip in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune sequel, which follows their collaboration on the primary movie in addition to Blade Runner 2049. The actor says working with Villeneuve, significantly in a number one function, is one in all his objectives for a really particular purpose.

“If I might be a primary [on the callsheet] with Denis, I might do it for fucking free,” he stated. “I believe that’s how I might learn the way good I might be. He brings out the most effective in me. He sees me in a distinct mild, sees the performer that I need to be. That is perhaps how I remedy the puzzle.”

Bautista’s Glass Onion director helps his star’s ambitions, telling the journal that the particular person in Hollywood that offers “Dave an actual dramatic lead function in a film” will in the end “appear like a genius.”

The Dune star revealed that he has already felt a shift in the best way he’s being considered amongst his friends, noting that Javier Bardem, his co-star within the sci-fi epic sequel, already shared a “fucking surreal” second with Bautista that gave the Guardians star a lift in confidence about his extra critical display ambitions.

The second occurred after Bardem — who had beforehand achieved some press with Bautista for the primary Dune movie — attended an early screening of the Netflix whodunnit, which noticed Bautista’s co-star “dancing by the aisles,” in response to GQ. “Our conversations after that have been totally different. Which, for me, was fucking all the things.”

These are the sorts of moments Bautista says he’s in search of extra of. “I by no means needed to be the following Rock,” he defined. “I simply need to be an excellent fucking actor. A revered actor.”

“Actually, I might give a fuck [about being a movie star],” he added. “I don’t dwell an incredible large glamorous life. I dwell right here in Tampa. I don’t care concerning the highlight, I don’t care about fame. I simply need to be a greater actor. I would like respect from my friends. I don’t want accolades — I actually don’t, man. It’s concerning the expertise, about understanding that I completed one thing.”