Dave Bautista has stunned fans with a throwback photo from his teens, with the actor and wrestler looking unrecognisable.
The star, best known for his role as Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, posted a photo of himself aged 16 on Instagram, writing: “Throwing it back to 16-year-old me, beach bod and all. Nice view! #ThrowbackThursday.”
Fans flocked to the comment section to express their opinions on the photo, with several remarking how old Bautista looked in his teens, with one quipping: “16?????? Da f**kkk were they feeding you.”
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“He was 25 when he was 16,” joked another follower, with one adding: “I refuse to believe that’s you at 16.” Another user also couldn’t believe that it was Bautista in the photo, writing: “You should recreate this. Where’s Dave?”
Bautista, who has also appeared in the Dune franchise as well as Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, recently revealed that he was convinced to adopt a dog by two well-known friends in the shape of Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown, with the stars aligning for an adoption.
“[Pratt] said, 'I know that you're a fan of this breed, and my co-star is trying to adopt her out,” he recalled on The Tonight Show. “And I said, 'Oh, sorry, man. You know, I've already got three.' And I just [kept] looking at [the dog's] picture and I was just… I just fell in love with her.
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“I sound super Hollywood. It sounds weird to me when I say, 'Chris Pratt hit me up and I got my dog, you know, from Millie Bobby Brown.’ So I hit Millie up and I said, 'Look, I'm on a film, but I'll be home next week, and I'll get on a plane as soon as I can.'
“She said, 'Don't worry about it. I'll have someone drop her off.' So literally the day I got home – I was overseas in Rome – I got home and I was there and I waited and these two guys showed up in the middle of the night around midnight.”
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Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in Movies and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. His film tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission: Impossible and John Wick to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.
