Dave Bautista Wants to Play a Klingon in Star Trek

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Dave Bautista says he wants to play a Klingon in Star Trek. Bautista began his entertainment career as a pro wrestler before making the transition into movies. His biggest break in film came when he played the super-literal Drax the Destroyer in James Gunn’s Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy.

Everyone loved Bautista as Drax in the wacky Guardians and its follow-up Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 but the actor wasn’t content to just be known as the big literal-minded gray alien guy from the MCU. Bautista also showed he could do thoughtful and serious sci-fi, playing Sapper Morton in Blade Runner 2049. He then flashed his comedy chops alongside Kumail Nanjiani in the buddy movie Stuber. In My Spy, he proved his ability to do an Arnold Schwarzenegger-like turn in a family-friendly vehicle. Bautista’s upcoming slate will expand his range even more, as he’s set to appear in everything from Dune to Knives Out 2 to season 2 of Apple TV’s series See.

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In a recent interaction with a fan on Twitter, Bautista revealed another challenge he’d like to tackle in his acting career: playing a Klingon. When a fan mentioned to Bautista that he should be in Star Trek, the actor replied, “I was born to be a Klingon. Just sayin.” See the Twitter exchange in the space below:

Bautista has already proven he loves performing in sci-fi movies so it’s no surprise to see him saying he’s “born to be a Klingon.” But is there a Star Trek project out there that might give the actor a chance to make his Klingon dreams come true? The Klingons have of course been important to the streaming show Star Trek: Discovery in the past, but the series seems to have left the war-like alien race behind (and their changes to the Klingons' look left some Trek fans seeing red). Star Trek: Picard meanwhile has focused on the Borg and the Romulans, and in season 2 will bring in the popular TNG character Q – with no sign of famous TNG Klingon Worf. Then there’s the planned throwback show Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which could bring in classic Klingon action as it depicts the adventures of the pre-Kirk Enterprise.

Then of course there’s the movie side of the Star Trek franchise equation. As of now, all anyone knows is that Paramount has plans for a new Star Trek movie and has set aside a June 9, 2023 release date for the project. It’s not known if the cast of J.J. Abrams’ Trek movies will return for this new film. It’s also not known if anything will ever be done with Quentin Tarantino’s Kirk-centric Trek story ideas. Perhaps when Star Trek is ready to return to movie screens, there will be need for someone to play a Klingon. If that’s the case, Bautista is ready to put on any kind of facial prosthetics necessary, pick up a bat'leth and live his dream of becoming a Klingon warrior. There’s no doubt Bautista has the physicality to be a Klingon, and it’s obvious he has the passion. But it remains to be seen if anything will ever come of Bautista fancasting himself in Star Trek.

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