{"id":2030926,"date":"2025-09-18T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2030926"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:03:15","slug":"after-rejecting-peacemaker-dave-bautista-really-wants-a-new-dcu-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/after-rejecting-peacemaker-dave-bautista-really-wants-a-new-dcu-role\/","title":{"rendered":"After Rejecting Peacemaker, Dave Bautista Really Wants a New DCU Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Dave Bautista <\/strong>has addressed whether <strong>James Gunn<\/strong> has reached out to him about a role in the <strong>DCU<\/strong>. In a recent interview, the actor shared that although he frequently checks in, he has not been contacted directly and is still waiting for the opportunity to join Gunn\u2019s new slate of projects.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Dave Bautista on if James Gunn has called him for another DC role<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dave Bautista addressed whether James Gunn has contacted him for a role in the DCU during an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/dcu-dave-bautista-wants-james-gunn-call\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Screen Rant;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Screen Rant<\/a> while promoting Afterburn. When asked about potential talks with Gunn, Bautista replied, \u201cI haven\u2019t. You know, I check back with them all the time to see, because I want to be in that world. And I don\u2019t want to say I\u2019m disappointed, but I was really just, you know, I was hoping a year or so ago that I would\u2019ve gotten the call from James saying, \u2018Hey man, we got something for you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bautista confirmed he has not spoken directly with Gunn or Peter Safran but added, \u201cI just keep hearing kind of through the pipeline that they\u2019re thinking about me for something, but I don\u2019t know what it is. And I haven\u2019t heard directly from either James or Peter. But I really want to be in that room, you know, I was hoping to go over there and do something with them, but I haven\u2019t heard anything. And I\u2019m not getting younger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 56-year-old actor collaborated with Gunn in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He played Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1\u20133. He also reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Thor: Love and Thunder, and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. Gunn said he had originally written Peacemaker in 2021\u2019s The Suicide Squad for Bautista. John Cena ultimately took the role instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gunn and Peter Safran launched DC Studios\u2019 Chapter 1: \u201cGods and Monsters\u201d in 2025. The slate started with Superman starring David Corenswet and continued with the second season of Cena\u2019s Peacemaker. Gunn linked several of his former Marvel collaborators, including Zoe Saldana, to future DCU roles. Bautista confirmed that he is still waiting for his chance to join the franchise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Bautista has addressed whether James Gunn has reached out to him about a role in the DCU. In a recent interview, the actor shared that although he frequently checks in, he has not been contacted directly and is still waiting for the opportunity to join Gunn\u2019s new slate of projects. 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