{"id":11067,"date":"2021-06-06T11:49:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T11:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/dave-bautista-describes-failed-pitch-to-play-batman-villain-bane-they-had-a-giggle-and-showed-me-the-exit\/"},"modified":"2021-06-06T11:49:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T11:49:43","slug":"dave-bautista-describes-failed-pitch-to-play-batman-villain-bane-they-had-a-giggle-and-showed-me-the-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/entertainment\/dave-bautista-describes-failed-pitch-to-play-batman-villain-bane-they-had-a-giggle-and-showed-me-the-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Bautista describes failed pitch to play Batman villain Bane: \u2018They had a giggle and showed me the exit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Bautista (left) and Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises (right) (Getty\/Warner Bros)Dave Bautista has described his failed pitch to play the classic Batman villain Bane.The Guardians of the Galaxy star claimed he approached Warner Bros studios and asked to be cast as the character, only to be told that Bane wasn\u2019t even in any of their forthcoming projects.Speaking at Justice Con, Bautista responded&#8230; 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