Dave Bautista reveals he rejected James Gunn's 'The Suicide Squad' for Zack Snyder's film

Wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista will soon be seen in Army of De. Directed by Zack Snyder, it is a zombie heist film for Netflix. Bautista h been a good colleague with filmmaker James Gunn, but w he disclosed that he left latter’s Suicide Squ movie for Snyder’s project.

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Dave Bautista reveals he gave up a role in James Gunn’s Suicide Squ

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote Army of De, Dave Bautista revealed that he left a part in upcoming DC Extended Universe (DECU) film Suicide Squ helmed by James Gunn. He said that he was looking for “juicy” dramatic roles. n he re script of Army of De and found it to be a lot deeper and h more layers than he thought. Bautista mentioned he also wanted to work with Zack Snyder. As re would have been a scheduling conflict, actor gave up a role in DCEU movie.

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Dave Bautista has worked with James Gunn on a couple of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films. He debuted as Drax in Guardians of Galaxy and reprised role in second installment, both helmed by Gunn. two will be venturing again in Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3. It is t kwn which role Bautista gave up in Suicide Squ.

DCEU movie does have a few or MCU alum who have time and again collaborated with James Gunn. project has Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn, both appeared in Guardians of Galaxy films. Sylvester Stallone will also be seen in movie who previously h a cameo in GOTG Vol. 2. Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi is also cast in an undisclosed role. So, Suicide Squ team is a mixture of several Marvel actors and filmmakers.

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Army of De ensemble cast also includes Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Garret Dillahunt, Raul Castillo, Omari Hardwick, Hiroyuki Sana, Tig taro, Huma Qureshi, and Matthias Schweighöfer. plot shows a group of military mercenaries who plan a heist on a Las Vegas casi taking vant of a zombie outbreak. screenplay is by Zack Snyder and Shay Hatten, while story is by Snyder and Joby Harold. film is expected to premiere on Netflix in 2021.

Suicide Squ cast has Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, and Jai Courtney reprising ir roles as Harley Quinn, Amanda Waller, Rick Flag, and Captain Boomerang, respectively. It also features Idris Elba, David Dastmalchian, John Cena, Alice Braga, Daniela Melchior, Flula Borg, Stephen Blackehart, Storm Reid, Juan Diego Botto, Mayling Ng, Peter Capaldi, Joaquín Cosío, Nathan Fillion, Mikaela Hoover, Pete Davidson, Steve e, Sean Gunn, Jennifer Holland, Tinashe Kajese, and Julio Ruiz. movie is set to hit atres on August 6, 2021.