{"id":955334,"date":"2026-11-02T09:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/955334\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:10:11","slug":"dave-bautista-gains-20-pounds-looks-more-like-kratos-for-god-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/955334\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Bautista Gains 20 Pounds & Looks More Like Kratos For ‘God of War’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEver since Deadline reported<\/a> he was circling the role of Kratos<\/a> in Prime Video\u2019s upcoming God of War<\/a> series, Dave Bautista<\/a> has been sharing his physical progress transforming himself for the part. (In Greek mythology, which the God of War video game is partially inspired by, Kratos is a god and the divine personification of strength.)<\/p>\n

\n\tBautista turned heads in recent years as he slimmed down considerably from his accustomed weight. The change came after he jumped to over 300 pounds while prepping for M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s Knock on the Cabin in 2023.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI started slimming down because I\u2026was uncomfortably big. Now looking back at it, I probably overdid it,\u201d he said on the podcast Insight with Chris Van Vliet in 2024. He said he packed on pounds by eating pancakes and French Fries. \u201cAt the time, I was just thinking, \u2018I gotta get big, I gotta get big.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tirector M. Night Shyamalan, Dave Bautista on the set of \u2018Knock on the Cabin,\u2019 2023 (Phobymo \/ Universal Pictures \/ Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n

\n\tFor reference, the WWE lists former wrestler Bautista\u2019s ring weight at 290 pounds, and he fought mixed martial arts at 265.<\/p>\n

\n\tBautista told Van Vliet in 2024 that he lost 75 pounds through diet and jiu-jitsu training. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve sacrificed a lot of muscle. But I\u2019m okay with it, because I just feel more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe change was apparent to those who saw him at events like the special screening of Lionsgate\u2019s The Killer\u2019s Game in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDave Bautista attends \u2018The Killer\u2019s Game\u2019 L.A. Special Screening in September 2024 (Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images for Lionsgate)<\/p>\n

\n\tNow that the Guardians of the Galaxy star is taking over on God of War role after Ryan Hurst was seriously injured during filming<\/a>, he\u2019s bulking back up.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn early September, Bautista shared a shirtless update on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\t \u201c3rd week in to weight training again. 2 more months to get to where I need to be. Like ridin a bike! LFG!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tToday, the actor gave a new progress report, revealing that he has put on 20 pounds and is now back at 250 pounds. Also impressive, the Road House 2 star has grown out his beard to better resemble Kratos\u2019 considerable facial hair.<\/p>\n

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\n\tHurst, who had originally been cast to play Kratos in the PlayStation video game adaptation, tore a bicep while performing a stunt. The incident happened in June, four months into shooting the series. Deadline reported that filming would likely begin in mid-October in Vancouver, starting from scratch, as no footage from the original shoot was going to be used. <\/p>\n

\n\tGod of War follows father and son Kratos (Bautista) and Atreus (Callum Vinson) as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cast also includes Mandy Patinkin as Odin, Ed Skrein as Baldur, Max Parker as Heimdall, \u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson as Thor, Teresa Palmer as Sif, Alastair Duncan as Mimir, Jeff Gulka as Sindri, Danny Woodburn as Brok, Sonya Walger as Freya, Island Austin as Thrud, Ben Chapple as Magni, Louis Cunningham as Modi, and Evelyn Miller as Gna.<\/p>\n

\n\tArmando Tinoco contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever since Deadline reported he was circling the role of Kratos in Prime Video\u2019s upcoming God of War…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,126494,75,107394,172619],"class_list":["post-955334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-dave-bautista","tag-entertainment","tag-god-of-war","tag-kratos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}