Marvel's Dave Bautista has been breaking the action-movie-star mould by taking on comedic and dramatic roles, but he also wants to star in a romantic comedy. However, he recently admitted that he isn't sure he has the looks to pull it off.
"I know I'm not your typical rom-com lead. I'm a little rough around the edges," Bautista told Page Six earlier this week.
"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?'"
Bautista added that he has "high hopes" he'll score a rom-com role some day. "I'll just keep searching," he said.
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The actor is busy promoting his newest project, director M Night Shyamalan's horror film Knock at the Cabin.
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In an exclusive interview, Bautista told Digital Spy that Shyamalan helped him overcome his worries about leading his first film.
"He challenged me every day, when I was very unsure of myself. I was having a lot of self-doubt. And I just completely trusted in him, and I relied on him," he said.
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Bautista continued: "I questioned myself, and I doubted myself. But I knew that that film was going to make me a stronger actor.
"It also proved something, because I've said a lot that I wanted to be an actor — a respected actor — and now this was kind of like: 'Put up or shut up.'"
Knock at the Cabin will be released in cinemas this Friday (February 3).
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