{"id":247531,"date":"2026-01-23T08:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/247531\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:25:10","slug":"dave-bautista-says-great-chemistry-with-jason-momoa-led-to-new-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/247531\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Bautista says \u2018great chemistry\u2019 with Jason Momoa led to new film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to the Press Association at a UK special screening of his latest film, the 57-year-old praised his positive relationship with his co-star, who he \u201cloves\u201d working with.<\/p>\n<p>Bautista stars in the action film as James, who reunites with his estranged half-brother Jonny (Momoa) to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding their father\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The pair also produced the film together, and Bautista reflected on how the project came to be.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThis wasn\u2019t a project that came to us put together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason we developed it is because we realised we loved working together. We have such great chemistry on-screen and off-screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The retired professional wrestler-turned-actor added: \u201cJason is really funny, and we wanted to lean into that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the new film as \u201centertaining\u201d, and added: \u201cI think people need to see a film like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a feel-good film. It\u2019s an entertaining film, with a strong message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bautista wore a black ensemble to the screening, dressed in a double-breasted jacket and trousers, paired with a white shirt and blue tie, and brown boots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.83168720.jpg\" alt=\"The Wrecking Crew UK special screening \u2013 London\" data-title=\"The Wrecking Crew UK special screening \u2013 London\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Yui Mok\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista at The Wrecking Crew UK special screening (Yui Mok\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Momoa also praised his co-star and co-producer, and told PA he \u201cloves\u201d working with Bautista, adding: \u201cWe really get on, it\u2019s pretty stress free, we have a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cHe\u2019s fun to produce with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great guy, he\u2019s a good man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old wore a pink ensemble to the screening, dressed in a corduroy blazer and trousers, paired with a dark pink T-shirt and brown leather shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawaii-born star also said he enjoyed filming in his birthplace, and said: \u201cThat\u2019s just going home, right?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime I can go home and make a movie [in Hawaii], that\u2019s the biggest praise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.83169155.jpg\" alt=\"The Wrecking Crew UK special screening \u2013 London\" data-title=\"The Wrecking Crew UK special screening \u2013 London\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Yui Mok\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Momoa has worked with Bautista on Apple TV+ sci-fi series, See, as rival brothers (Yui Mok\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Momoa has worked with Bautista on Apple TV+ sci-fi series See, as rival brothers, and they have also both appeared in Dune (2021).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking to the Press Association at a UK special screening of his latest film, the 57-year-old praised his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-247531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}