The actor from Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” went viral for his new image.
Dave Bautista opened up about his weight loss amid health concerns raised by fans. The actor Knock at the Cabin He said in a recent interview that his initial weight gain was for the psychological horror film M. Night Shyamalan.
“I started losing weight for a particular reason. First, I started losing weight because I was getting fat,” Bautista said in an interview with social media personality Chris Van Vliet that he shared on TikTok. “I got really big for a role and I was uncomfortably big… Knock at the Cabin… I got really big. I weighed around 140 kilos and gained weight very quickly.”.
Bautista said he had to gain weight “between movies” and that he only “had a very short period of time” to gain weight, which he did by eating French fries and pancakes. The Guardians of the Galaxy actor recalled that the director told him that he wanted Bautista to “look like a big guy” and not “look like a weightlifter.”
“In retrospect, I probably overdid it.”“I was probably a little bit too big, but at the time, I was just thinking I had to get bigger. And I gained an uncomfortable amount of weight, and it took me forever to lose it.”
Dave Bautista’s weight loss
Bautista said that when he started losing weight, “I realized that the more weight I lost, the better I felt. And I also realized that the thinner I got, the better I looked on camera and next to other actors.”
“People say, ‘God, you’re so skinny,’” he continued. “I’ve even seen some people online who are concerned about my health. And when I say it out loud, ‘I’m 6’3″ and 230 lbs,’ it sounds like I’m a big person. People have seen me look a lot bigger over the years and think I’m anorexic, but I’m still a big human being next to a typical actor. It looks like a gorilla and it’s distracting.”
Bautista said he is still working on losing “a few more kilos” and “training hard” to achieve it, restricting their caloric intake.
Source: Ambito
