Dave Bautista hopes he’ll land a rom-com lead

• Dave Bautista would want to be the lead in a romantic comedy.
• He still has “great hopes” that he’ll be chosen for the role.
• He said: “I know I’m not your typical rom-com lead.

Dave Bautista would want to be the lead in a romantic comedy despite thinking he could be too “unattractive.”

The wrestler-turned-actor still has “great hopes” that he’ll be chosen for the role even if he doesn’t feel like a “typical rom-com star.”

Speaking to Page Six, he said: “I know I’m not your typical rom-com lead.

“I’m a little rough around the edges. But I always, you know, I look in the mirror and I say, I ask myself, ‘Am I that unattractive? Is there something that unappealing about me that excludes me from these parts?’

“I don’t know. It’s just never come my way. I’ve never had an offer to do a rom-com. I still have high hopes. I’ll just keep searching.”

He has been disqualified from playing Bane in the DC world.

Fans speculated that the 54-year-old star might have the chance to play Bane after Peter Safran and James Gunn, Bautista’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director, took over DC Studios. However, the star feels that Bane should be played by a “younger and fresher” actor.

He said: “I have had conversations with James about that but I think the direction he’s leaning in, completely rebooting that whole universe, he’s starting from scratch and starting younger and fresher and I think you need to do that.”

Bautista insists he “understands” the need for a younger face to portray the character, and doesn’t believe he would “bring justice” to the role at this point in his career.

He added to Insider: “I think for the DC Universe to be revived, you need to start from scratch, and I think you need to start with younger actors.

“You need to start to plan for the next 15 years, and I just don’t think you can do that with me. And I understand that. And, also, I have to say that I appreciate that because I don’t want to play a character that I can’t bring justice to it.

“I don’t think at this point in my career that I can bring justice to Bane anymore. I just don’t know if I could handle the physical part, and I don’t think I would have the longevity to plan ahead for films. So, I just don’t know if I’d be that guy.”

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