Dave Bautista stuns fans with unrecognizable teen photo

Lina PortmanJune 2, 2024

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Dave Bautista stunned fans with a photo from his teenage years, with the actor and wrestler looking unrecognizable.

The star, best known for his role as Drax in the guardians of the galaxy franchise, posted a photo of himself at age 16 on Instagram, writing, “I refer to him as 16 year old me, beach body and all.” Nice view! #ThrowbackThursday.

Fans flocked to the comments section to express their opinions on the photo, with several of them remarking on how old Bautista looked as a teenager, with one joking: “16? ?????Damn, were they feeding you.

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“He was 25 when he was 16,” another follower joked, with one adding: “I refuse to believe that's you at 16.” Another user also couldn't believe it was Bautista in the photo, writing: “You should recreate this.” Where's Dave?

Bautista, who also appeared in the Dune franchise as well as Glass onion: a mystery at daggers drawnrecently revealed that he was convinced to adopt a dog by two well-known friends, Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown, and the stars were aligning for adoption.

“[Pratt] said, “I know you're a fan of this breed and my co-star is trying to adopt it,” he recalled on Tonight's show. “And I said, ‘Oh, sorry, man. You know, I already have three. And I just [kept] look [the dog’s] photo and I was just… I just fell in love with her.

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“I look super Hollywood. It seems weird to me when I say, “Chris Pratt contacted me and I got my dog, you know, from Millie Bobby Brown.” “So I contacted Millie and said, 'Look, I'm on a movie, but I'll be home next week and I'll get on a plane as soon as possible.'

“She said, ‘Don’t worry about it. I'll have someone drop it off. So literally the day I got home – I was abroad in Rome – I came home and I was there and I waited and these two guys showed up in the middle of the night around midnight.

Journalist, digital spy George is a freelance writer specializing in films and television. After earning a degree in film studies and journalism from De Montfort University, during which he analyzed the early work of Richard Linklater for his thesis, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. His cinematic tastes vary from blockbusters like Impossible mission And John Wick to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has participated in the London and Berlin film festivals.