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Topics: Dave Bautista, WWE, Dune, Celebrity
Callum Jones
Topics: Dave Bautista, WWE, Dune, Celebrity
Dave Bautista has broken his silence amid fans concerns over his dramatic body transformation for his latest film.
I think the majority of us associate the actor nowadays with the likes of 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy and 2021's Dune.
But before then, Bautista made a name for himself in the world of WWE.
The actor started his wrestling career in 1999 with his debut match, before joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2000.
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After being promoted to the WWE's main roster, Bautista won the World Heavyweight Championship in 2005 and carried on wrestling until 2010 when he quit WWE.
The former sports star did come back to WWE on the odd occasion, before officially calling it quits in 2019.
The Sun reports Bautista weighed around 290lbs during his wresting career, and even went up to as high as 370lbs at his peak.
These days, as an actor, the 55-year-old is said to have dropped to 240lbs after an intense diet.
But after seeing Bautista at the premiere of The Last Showgirl at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, fans were left shocked by the body transformation.
Well, amid all the chatter, Bautista has been speaking about his recent weight loss.
Sitting down in an interview with Chris Van Vliet on TikTok, the actor said: "I started trimming down for a particular reason. One, I started trimming down because I just got fat.
"I got really big for a role and it was uncomfortably big. I was like around 315 pounds and I put the weight on really fast."
He continued: "Looking back at it, I probably over did it. I was probably a little too big, but at the time, I was just thinking, I gotta get big. And I put on an uncomfortable amount of weight, and it took me forever to shed it off."
After dropping the pounds, Bautista noticed a noticeable difference in no time.
He added: "I noticed the more I trimmed down, the better I felt. And I also noticed the more I trimmed down, the better I looked on camera, the better I look next to other actors.
"I’ll probably lose a few more pounds. I'm basically killing myself to be this trim. I'm training hard. My calories are pretty restricted."
Bautista has embarked on the extraordinary body transformation for his latest role as Joe Flood in The Killer's Game in mind.
The movie released in cinemas across the US on Friday (September 13).