agentwaleed007 — 11 years ago(July 29, 2014 02:15 PM)

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In recent months wrestling fans have been singing 'He's got the whole world in his hands' but for Dave Bautista (Batista) that is quite literally the case. As 'Drax the Destroyer' in Marvel's new epic picture Guardians of the Galaxy, he plays an integral part of the team that does battle to save the universe. Having been treated to an early glimpse of the film, we urge readers not to walk, but to run and get a ticket when it comes out on 31 July. You do not want to miss this film - it is the best in the Marvel series to date and we can attest to Guardians being the most wonderful cinematic entertainment. An immersive visual feast which we wholeheartedly recommend to wrestling and non-wrestling fan alike. If in doubt, just click through to the official trailer and prepare to be wowed by humour and action alike.
Batista, In the UK to promote the film, sat down with the Royal Ramblings team to answer some of our questions about the film and wrestling.
Having seen Guardians of the Galaxy, we were struck by the emotional depth that you displayed - contrition, compassion, humour, rage - will people be seeing a different side to Batista and is that what drew you to the character?
It completely drew me to the character. You know, Drax has got such a range of emotions and I think it painted me in a different light. That's something that I not only wanted for my career, but I really needed for my career - because it wasn't going anywhere and because people were still slapping that WWE label on me. So that's what I loved about him, he's just so quirky, and weird and multi-layered that I thought it made Drax really interesting. Not your typical muscle head!
The make-up you wore was so intricate - how long did you spend in the chair and how did you pass the time?!
Oh - with all kinds of stuff. I got really close to my make-up team! It was a team of five people - and it took them about four hours to put it all on every day. We had a routine and we'd just talk for hours, listening to music and if you can imagine hanging out with your friends for that amount of time, it just kind of flies by. It wasn't a big deal, it was just hanging out in the morning and doing our usual routine. It wasn't so much the hours of sitting in the chair but rather the consecutive days when it became a little hard. I don't remember ever being unhappy about it though.
We recently interviewed Al Snow who told us that the change from projecting your personality to 20,000 people in a wrestling show2000 to doing it for a camera is hard. Have you found that?
That has been the challenge. People tend to assume that because I'm involved in wrestling it must have been easy to transition, but it couldn't be any more different because wrestling is so big and doing a film is just so intimate. It's claustrophobic and you almost feel paranoid. I still dry heave before every match and I still get nervous when I wrestle, but its even more intense on films. For me it takes a while to just get into the groove and feel at ease but it couldn't be any more different. That's the challenge and that's what I love about it. The first film I did - which was a favour to a friend - I thought was going to be easy but when I went I was just so stinking rotten at it. I could feel how bad I was and I was embarrassed but that was when I made the decision that I wanted to pursue this and I wanted to be better at it.
For those wrestling fans or others that haven't yet seen a marvel film, how would you place Guardians of the Galaxy in the Marvel Universe - and will we see the Guardians join the Avengers?
I'd like to see that! I think it would be cool! I think it would definitely shake things up a little bit. Even when the Avengers were doing their individual movies, everybody was excited and wondering when they were going to get to see the Avengers team up and when it finally happened it was pretty awesome. I like when worlds collide and I like the suspense of waiting but I hope they do. I want to see where the story's going to go. So far as where the Guardians fit, I think they're top of the heap. I'm a marvel fan but after watching the film and watching it as a fan boy, I have to say its my favourite Marvel film. I think it's way more fun, I think the characters are way more interesting, I think they're easier to relate to and I think the story is more inspiring. So I think that's where we fit in right now, I think we're at the top of the heap.
Moving to wrestling, what's the best rib [practical joke] that's been played on you?
I'm not the biggest ribber, so this is not so much of a rib but as you know, I made my WWE debut alongside Devon. I was a rookie and - I learned this the hard way - sometimes you should just keep your mouth shut. I made a bet with him when we were somewhere in New Mexico, because Devon was notoriously late, I told him that if he beat me to the show that I'd run arou