Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Star Revealed His ‘Man Crush’ on Pierce Brosnan After Working With Him in Action Movie: “I love him”

Dave Bautista is a famous name in the WWE world as well as the Hollywood industry. After a long and successful career as a wrestler, the sports star went in the direction of acting. He started his acting career with The Man with the Iron Fists in 2012 and went on to work in some of the box office superhit movies like James Bond’s Spectre, Riddick, Blade Runner 2049, and more. But attained stardom with his role as Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.

Almost every actor who wished to be the star is inspired by some top-rated actor of the time. Dave Bautista is also one among them as revealed his man crush on the James Bond star.

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Dave Bautista reveals his man crush on co-star Pierce Brosnan

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery actor shared in an interview about his admiration for the ace actor Pierce Brosnan. The two actors worked together in the film Final Score. In an interview with RTÉ Entertainment, Bautista shared his experience of working with the star, 

“It was amazing, I have a bit of a man crush on Pierce.”

“He’s just, everybody knows he’s amazingly talented but until you meet him you don’t realize what a beautiful person he is. He’s just a good, good man, and I don’t say that lightly,” he continued.

“He’s a good, decent, down-to-earth, grounded man – I love him.”

In Final Score, Dave Bautista has to track Brosnan’s character in a football stadium before the match reaches full-time, to stop a massive explosion, which would kill everyone in the stadium.

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Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan never talked about James Bond films

Pierce Brosnan played James Bond for four of the highest-grossing Bond films including GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. Also, Dave Bautista was part of Daniel Craig’s Spectre. However, the two actors never talked about Bond films when they were shooting together.

Bautista said,

“We didn’t really talk much about Bond. We talked about everything; Pierce likes to talk about life in general and happiness and how he’s found his way in life and the things he’s dealt with and struggled with and I think that’s why I connected with him.”

“He didn’t sit down and tell me all his accolades, we didn’t sit down and talk about my background in films and wrestling; we just sat down and we really talked about life and people and relationships, and I think that’s why I respect him so much.” 

Final Score was released in 2018 and grossed $776,594 worldwide. It is available for streaming on Amazon Prime.           

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Source- RTE