Avengers star Dave Bautista revealed he tried to join The Walking Dead for years ahead of boarding Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead.
Since his breakout role in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy films, Dave Bautista has gone on to star in some major films from Spectre to Blade Runner 2049. Before Bautista ultimately joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the WWE star turned Avengers actor had his eyes set on The Walking Dead.
During an interview with Empire Magazine, Dave Bautista confessed that before he joined Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, his zombie fandom had him wanting to star in The Walking Dead for a long time.
“I’m a zombie fan. I tried to get on Walking Dead for years. I said I would come and play a zombie for free, but they said, ‘You’re too big!’ For me, there had to be something special about a zombie film for me to sign up. What sets us apart is the heist. But there’s a whole bunch of different layers to this film.”
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Army of the Dead is one of the first projects Zack Snyder has taken upon with his production company The Stone Quarry. Set during a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, Army of the Dead follows a group of mercenaries that venture into a quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Zack Snyder co-wrote the screenplay with Shay Hatten.
In addition to directing Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder is serving as the film’s cinematographer. He’s also producing the picture with his wife and producing partner Deborah Snyder alongside Wesley Coller. Ori Marmur and Andrew Norman are overseeing for Netflix. The film stars Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell Omari Hardwick, Tig Notaro, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Raúl Castillo, Nora Arnezeder, Matthias Schweighöfer, Samantha Win, and Rich Cetrone.
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Source: Empire Magazine
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