Dave Bautista Says His ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Character “Ran Its Course” But Is Open To Reprising Role If “James Gunn Called Me”

Drax is completely closed to me.

If James called me, which obviously is not gonna happen.

Hes doing okay, hes gone a different route.

Dave Bautista on reprising ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ role in potential sequelKristina Bumphrey / Getty Images / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

However, Bautista is open to taking on a different character at Marvel or DC.

Marvel, DC, I just wanna be in it.

I made that known to James, I made that known to the Russo brothers.

Personally, I talked to them, all of them, and told them, Dont count me out.

Its just the Drax character ran its course.

Bautista originated the live-action Drax role in 2014sGuardians of the Galaxywith Gunn as the director.

In 2022, Bautista reprised his comic book role in Taika WaititisThor: Love and Thunder.

Marvel Studiosis working on a fifth installment of theAvengers, which is expected to be released in 2026.

However, it is unclear if theGuardians of the Galaxycharacters will be involved.