“It wasn’t all pleasant.”

An era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to an end this summer withGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.

“I’m so grateful for Drax.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’.Everett Collection

I love him,” Bautista toldGQina new interview.

“But there’s a relief.

It wasn’t all pleasant.

It was hard playing that role.

The makeup process was beating me down.

Thankfully, Bautista is getting those opportunities.

He’ll star inM.

Just huge pages of monologues.”

He isn’t leaving the sci-fi genre entirely, though.

“That small role inBlade Runnermade people see me differently,” Bautista said.

“I owe that to Denis completely.”

Read Bautista’s full interview atGQ.

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