Dave Bautista lets it be known he will be done with Marvel and the character of Drax following Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
Following a tweet from IGN titled mentioning âGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 might be the last time we see Drax in the MCU,â Bautista replied:
Drax isnât going anywhere. He just wonât be played by this dude! by the time G3 comes out Iâll be 54 yrs old for gods sake! im expecting everything to start sagging any second now
Itâs already speculated that James Gunn will be leaving Marvel as well, headed back to DC, and itâs known Guardians of the Galaxy 3 will be the last iteration of the team as we know them, so Bautista leaving Marvel isnât a surprise at all.
Marvel said no to Dave Bautista Drax spinoff
At one time, Bautista also made it known that he wanted a Drax spinoff, and now Bautista opens up about the character, where interestingly enough, he says they dropped the ball and dug a whole by keeping the character goofy, which is how James Gunn used the character in his Guardians movies. In the comics, the version Drax is based on is not dumb and goofy, but cunning, smart, badass and deadly; Gunn changed the characters from the comics to make them silly and goofy, for some reason, unfortunately (via Collider):
âThat role changed the trajectory of my life. Itâs always going to be special to me. Now that Iâm four films inâŠI really wished they would have invested more in Drax, personally. Because I think Drax has more of a story to tell. I think Drax has a really interesting backstory which they dropped the ball on. Thatâs no dig on Marvel. They had their slate, I know what theyâre focused on, thatâs what they have slated out. But man, I think they really missed the ball on Drax. He has such a great backstory. Selfishly, as a performer, that would have given me the opportunity to show different sides of Drax, emotionally. And physically as well. Because, if you notice, Drax, although he looks like a badass, you look at him and he looks terrifying, but Drax gets his ass kicked more than any other Marvel characterâŠThe whole âDestroyerâ thing they just threw that out the windowâŠpeople just fell so in love with the comedic side of Drax they tapped into that, then they tapped into it more, then they really dug a hole into it. But we missed a huge boat on that character and I donât think itâll ever come back around. But Iâm really just looking forward to finishing out this whole journey.â
Regarding the Guardians of the Galaxy in the MCU going forward, Iâm guessing it will feature a new team that probably syncs somewhat up with the current comics which is basically a woke PC Cosmic Avengers team (one of my fav characters Quasar, again gets replaced by a female version because he is a male white, blond character a la Captain America).
