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They only went and did it. Dave Bautista, professional wrestler and Disney actor, is headed to Gears 5 as a playable character.
Bautista has been hankering after a role as Marcus Fenix in the Gears of War film adaptation, and he said that he’s ‘tried everything’ to get Hollywood to give him the green light. He might not appear on the silver screen, but Bautista was very excited to reveal he’s jumped in feet first to the Gears universe on Twitter yesterday.
It’s about damn time. Play as me in #Gears5 starting Sept 15 after @WWE Clash of Champions. @XBox @GearsofWar #DreamChaser pic.twitter.com/bCU4ZIjdw1
— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) September 3, 2019
Bautista will be available as a playable character from September 15, which coincides with WWE's Clash of Champions event. All players have to do to unlock Dave — that sounds really normal — is play the new game on PC or Xbox One between September 15 and September 28. Rod Fergusson, studio head at The Coalition, was keen for Bautista to play Fenix in the film but including Gears of War’s biggest fan into Gears 5 was an opportunity he could not pass up.
Over 700 lines of dialogue were recorded for his character, and his performance was overseen by Fergusson. ‘Adding Bautista to Gears 5, we started with the fantasy of “Bautista as Marcus”, putting Batista into Marcus’ armor, and starting with Marcus’ script,’ Fergusson revealed a little of the behind-the-scenes work in an interview with Xbox Wire. ‘Then we added elements of “The Animal” Bautista into his voice performance and onto his look by adding his signature Hollywood shades to his character. Bautista was great in the booth and I can’t wait for Gears and Bautista fans alike to stomp some Swarm as The Animal.’
Gears 5 launches on Xbox One and PC on September 6 for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, and then on September 10 for Xbox Game Pass members.
