Glass Onion Just Changed The Hierarchy Of Power For Wrestlers In Hollywood (Sorry, Dwayne)

In his early acting career, Dave Bautista could've easily fallen into the cracks that other wrestling stars found themselves in as muscle to the bad guy and nothing more. Bautista, however, had bigger plans and has stuck to them ever since. Speaking to Men's Health in 2021, he acknowledged the tropes he had to dodge to get to where he wanted. "I didn't want to be the guy coming from wrestling, taking these easy action roles and just kind of pumping up and putting baby oil on my arms," he shared. "I really fell in love with acting."

In time, audiences fell in love with him as well. After destroying his role as Drax in "Guardians of the Galaxy," his stint in Denis Villeneuve's "Blade Runner 2049" showed something unexpected. As Sapper Morton, Bautista stole the scene from Ryan Gosling, displaying a cliché-cracking actor wanting to test himself and continuing to do so after that.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in 2021, Bautista broke down his work method and his hopes from it. "If I'm being directed in a way I feel like makes me a better performer, then I get hungry for that," he explained. "That's why I set out to work with the best actors in the world, the best directors in the world, because I want to see how good I can be, and I can't find that out unless I get roles like this."