Dave Bautista revealed all at the European premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy (Picture: Getty Images)

Guardians Of The Galaxy star Dave Bautista has revealed that he’s seriously hoping for a return to the 007 franchise after portraying villainous henchman Mr Hinx in Spectre.

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The former wrestler, who plays Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel sequel,Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2, showed his nasty side as he grappled with Daniel Craig in the most recent Bond movie, released in 2015.

But despite being thrown from a train by Daniel Craig’s super-spy, Bautista is seriously hoping that there’s a future for the character.

‘Yeah! Believe me we’re talking about it a lot. We’re waiting at home with our fingers crossed’, he exclusively told Metro.co.uk at the Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 European premiere.


Dave stars as Drax the Destroyer in Guardians 2 (Picture: Marvel Films)

However, he thinks that a return is hinging on one thing – the widely speculated future of Daniel Craig as 007.



He said: ‘We’re waiting for the news to see if Daniel will sign up for Bond 25, because then there’s a chance that Hinx will come back.’

As for now though, he’s firmly in the dark over Craig’s future with the iconic spy franchise.

Dave’s Mr Hinx does battle with Daniel Craig in Spectre (Picture: Sony)

‘I’m reading the rumours just like everyone else’, he admitted.

Elsewhere, Bautista talked up Avengers: Infinity War, and teased that it will see the Guardians teaming up with the superhero team to ‘kick the sh*t’ out of supervillain Thanos.

‘We’ve already announced that The Guardians are crossing over so I would believe that everyone is on the same page’, he teased.

‘We need to kick the s**t out of Thanos!

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