Dave Bautista, former WWE star known for playing Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy (among many others), is actually a fan of Gears of War and Marcus Fenix.

Dave Bautista wants to play Marcus Fenix in a movie. In fact, the actor has been badgering the rights holders for a while to try and get them to cast him.

This unlikely fandom was revealed in an interview Bautista gave to Gamespot, where he also said it would be a dream role for him.

"I've been pursuing Gears of War for YEARS now… Marcus Fenix is absolutely a dream role." pic.twitter.com/p9iSLA9TcD — GameSpot (@gamespot) June 5, 2018

Microsoft and Universal Studios have been trying to make a Gears of War movie for a while. It was initially planned as a trilogy, but since 2009, the project went nowhere.

The project was revived in 2016, and it even went as far as assigning a writer to pen the script. This development was a little over a year ago, which is when we last heard about it.

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I could definitely see Bautista playing old man Fenix, the version seen Gears of War 4. That would certainly make a lot more sense than young boneheaded Fenix of the original trilogy.