Dave Bautista Marks ‘End of a Journey’ as He Wraps Filming His Remaining Guardians Film as Drax

Everett Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Dave Bautista is bidding a fond (and emotional) farewell to his Marvel Cinematic Universe character, Drax the Destroyer.

The 53-12 months-previous actor and previous specialist wrestler posted to Instagram on Monday to mark the conclusion of filming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, sharing a image of himself with costars Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn and Pom Klementieff, as well as the movie’s writer-director James Gunn.

“Haven’t identified the text yet,” Bautista wrote in the caption. “It ended so out of the blue and I was on to my following film right before I could system it all.”

“Conclude of a journey that improved my lifestyle. #guardiansofthegalaxy #vol3 #GoodbyeDrax #DreamChaser #DreamMachine,” he concluded.

James, 55, Gillan, 34, and Klementieff, 36, all commented with purple coronary heart emojis, even though their costar Zoe Saldaña wrote, “You men rock!! ❤️❤️.”

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James shared the same photo to Instagram Friday night time, producing, “And that’s a photograph wrap on the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. I appreciate this wonderful solid & crew & their attractive expertise & form souls. I’m a fortunate human to have them on the journey with me for virtually a ten years.”

The director also teased, “And certainly Zoe was with us but the only image I have with her has an unannounced actor with us!”

“Adore you guardians! Sure I was there but left early result in I am an aged fatigued mama! Hahahahahahaha,” Saldaña, 43, wrote in a comment.

James afterwards posted an picture of a film slate from the established, sharing that they filmed more than 100 times with “more than 3,000 pictures.”

Tale carries on

“It is somewhat uncomplicated to make clear to others how substantially I love this forged & crew. It is much more tricky to reveal how significantly I appreciate these characters – that I see them as sections of myself & elements of those I adore, & filming them, & composing their phrases, is a way of expressing that really like,” he extra, in part.

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Bautista chatted with People past summer months immediately after wrapping filming on Thor: Appreciate and Thunder before in 2021, indicating at the time, “I do not know if they’ll shift forward with the character or with Guardians at all [after Vol. 3].”

“I will probably have to do a table study but they would truly even have to power me to do that. I like going in with no anticipations, you know, due to the fact I am a fan,” he included.

Of wrapping Guardians 3, Bautista — who has played Drax in the Guardians movies as nicely as Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) — stated at the time, “That will be the stop of my Drax journey.”

“It can be been a hell of a journey with this forged and Guardians and the full Marvel Universe,” he advised Men and women. “I really feel like it actually launched my career. And I’m kind of wrapping up that component of my journey, so it is incredibly substantially a bittersweet detail.”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 opens in theaters May well 5, 2023.