Dave Bautista has teased a piece of fan art of himself as Batman villain Bane.
With James Gunn now head of creative direction for DC Studios, fans have been speculating as to which actors could potentially play the raft of characters available within the DC Universe.
Specifically, fans are wondering whether Gunn could potentially go back to some of his Marvel chums whom he worked with on the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.
One rumour that started doing the rounds was Bautista potentially playing Batman villain Bane for DC, something that he has teased with a recent Instagram story.
This is despite the actor himself previously ruling himself out.
"I have had conversations with James about that but I think the direction he's leaning in, completely rebooting that whole universe, he's starting from scratch and starting younger and fresher and I think you need to do that," the former professional wrestler told Variety.
Bautista wants to work with James Gunn again
The wrestler-turned-actor's first major movie role since leaving WWE was as Drax the Destroyer in Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy and from there he went on to star in some of the biggest franchises around such as James Bond's No Time to Die, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Dune and Blade Runner 2049.
Both Bautista and Gunn have left Guardians of the Galaxy behind, with the latter now in charge of creating a new cinematic universe for DC Comics.
Bautista is known as a legendary figure within WWE and he was meant to be named within the Hall of Fame class of 2023 last year before a scheduling issue meant he couldn't attend the ceremony.
When asked by ComicBook.com what will come first - an induction into the WWE Hall of Fame or a reunion with Gunn, he responded:
“I couldn’t give you an honest answer to that because I think…And, I’m only gonna say this because we’ve had conversations, over the years, it would the WWE Hall of Fame. I was supposed to go in last year and I was on a film and I just couldn’t travel. I was on a film in South Africa and logistically we just couldn’t make it happen. So, you know, and I haven’t talked to James about the DC Universe.
“I would love to work with James again, whether it’s DC Universe or not. I just love James Gunn. He’s an incredible director and we have a camaraderie that’s priceless, so to work with him again? I mean I’d do it for free. But, we just haven’t had the conversations. He’s on top of DC now. He’s doing his thing. I’m trying to grind along in my processing. But, I’m always open-minded too and I’ve expressed that to him.”
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