Dave Bautista, 52, Shows He's Still Jacked Like Drax in a New Shirtless Selfie
At 52, Dave Bautista doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone. He’s a six-time WWE champion and future hall of famer who parlayed his legendary success in the ring into an acting career in Marvel blockbusters such as Guardians of the Galaxy and cerebral sci-fi in Blade Runner: 2049.
These days he’s working with writer/director Rian Johnson and a stacked cast on the as-yet-untitled Knives Out sequel—and he took to Instagram to show how he’s spending his downtime.
The Knives Out crew has been filming in Greece, where Bautista clearly didn’t skip his workouts. He posted a shirtless selfie showing that he’s still well-tattooed and looking extremely ripped. “I made the most out of my downtime in Greece,” he captioned it, along with a heart emoji and another of a curled bicep. To underscore that he’s still working hard even as he crests middle age, he added a pair of hashtags: #DreamChaser #AlwaysGrinding.
The post is a nice sequel to a throwback collection he posted last year, documenting how his body has changed over the last thirty years. At 18, he was totally shredded, but he got even bigger as he started wrestling with the WWE—especially around his torso. He’s said since retiring and going into acting he’s slimmed down a little bit, since he doesn’t want to carry as much weight.
He’s also said that the next Guardians will be his last go-round as Drax the Destroyer, in part because “the shirtless thing is getting harder and harder for me." Judging from the evidence, though, it’s not that hard.
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