Dave Bautista Shows Off Body Transformation to Play Kratos in ‘God of War’ Series: ‘Two More Months to Get to Where I Need to Be’
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dave-bautista-god-of-war-kratos-body-transformation-1236850444/
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dave-bautista-god-of-war-kratos-body-transformation-1236850444/
20 Comments
darklamer@feddit.org · 8 pts · 11h
Does he really believe he'll be able to grow that beard in just two months?
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 3h
That's essentially a two month beard for me,... maybe three ? if he has the same pilosity I do it's doable, but it's more likely he'll wear a beardwig
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 4h
Back in my day Kratos had no beard.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 7 pts · 17h
This is going to be bad isn't it?
thethrilloftime69@feddit.online · 8 pts · 14h
Tbh I think it you expect anything else, that's on you
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 13h
It's he going to bulk and cut Austin in the next two months? He needs a lot of mass and looks like he's on a cut now.
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 13h
Being a bit fatter is better for living in a cold country though
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 14h
I thought he wanted Drax to wear a shirt cause he got tired of having to be ripped all the time.
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 16h
Hes to small to be kratos. He lost all his mass and I think hes to old to gain it back. All the roids in the world arent getting him back to that unhealthy size he used to be.
liuther9@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8h
Nah thats aint it brother.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today · -6 pts · 18h
Really not a fan of Bautista. This is taking me from interested in the show to probably skipping it.
Bautista is just another angry dude with one note acting, like Dwayne Johnson and John Cena.
Honestly would have preferred to see the likes of Michael B. Jordan cast.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 17h
Did you see Bladerunner 2049? He doesn't play "angry" in that one, even though he's only in the opening scene.
Eldritch@piefed.world · 22 pts · 17h
Yep. Typecast is not the same thing as having no range. Bautista is no Costner. He did play Big angry man in Guardians of the galaxy. A lot of the humor the character had was brought by Bautista. And not scripted or rehearsed. I didn't want to like Cena either. But he genuinely seems a pretty good guy with a decent bit of range. Duane, is okay. But yes he absolutely is very samey and nearly every role I've ever seen him in.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 14h
Duane is the most typecast among them. Haven't seen him in jack shit that wasn't an action/comedy mix set in a jungle, except the CIA one. No jungle in that.
He probably could do more, but nobody casts him for anything else. Though that may be because he's an asshole on set nobody wants to work with.
Eldritch@piefed.world · 1 pts · 1h
Yeah, central intelligence was the mildly biggest stretch I've seen him do.
scytale@piefed.zip · 25 pts · 16h
Eh, he's arguably the best wrestler-turned-actor right now and has more range than Cena or Johnson. His filmography is diverse and he does play different roles, not just the loud, angry, dumbass in Marvel that everyone associates him with. Cena is good at comedy, but that's pretty much only where he thrives. Nevermind Johnson who literally plays himself on everything.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · -9 pts · 16h
The turd I left in the toilet this morning has more range than Johnson or cena.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 9h
let's see your audition tapes and let lemmy judge
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 18h
I think you may be unjustly disregarding John Cena.
Trust me, I wanted to not like him, but he's actually a pretty good actor when it's required. And he's a genuinely funny dude.
I think Bautista may also be a better actor than you think, but I don't feel as strongly about all that... Cena is surprisingly good though.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 11h
If like to have seen David Dastalmachian as Kratos.