Dave Bautista On Why Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Is His Last Film As Drax

Dave Bautista ends his MCU run as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and he recently discussed why he’s done with the franchise after this film. The WWE alumnus and actor appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and talked about concluding his time as Drax with the upcoming film. You can check out some highlights below:

On Vol. 3 being his last film as Drax: “Yeah, it’s weird. I don’t know why it’s news. I feel like — this is my seventh film as Drax and my third Guardians. And it was like our trilogy, that’s kind of what we all signed up for, to do a trilogy. And I think this gonna be — you know, this will be the last version of our Guardians of the Galaxy.”

On whether it’s hard to walk away: “It’s hard, but it’s time. It’s like, time and it’s the perfect exit. We all had those perfect kind of character arcs, and such a storybook ending. I constantly relate it to the way I ended my wrestling career. I ended it on a storybook note. And I would never go back and tarnish that. And it’s the same with this, with Drax, I just got to end in the perfect way. I would never sign up for another job as Drax just to get a paycheck. It’s just, I would tarnish that, and I won’t do it.”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 arrives in theaters on May 5th.