Primal Slayer
Let the Siren scream
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They are all under contracts which I doubt they'll break which is why Bautista is probably looking to get fired.
Bautista is making this the hill he dies on; he doesnt care if hes fired or not, and if he is indeed fired it will backfire on Disney because other actors will now feel awkward if they decided to stay on GOTG 3.
Vince's wife works for Donald Trump.Taking things clearly out of context. The idea that Disney is pro-Trump is so obviously BS.
But if we want to get into hypocrisy, Big Dave's favorite boss was/is Vince McMahon who is a Trump supporter and good friend. And yet somehow, he still keeps calling the WWE asking if he can have one last run. Interesting...
Vince's wife works for Donald Trump.
Once again, I read the guy's book. He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.Exactly. So for Bautista to mock Disney by using MAGA is rather ironic. I applaud him for standing his ground, but things like this only makes him seemed hypocritical.
The thought did cross my mind that the only reason Disney hasn't fired him yet is they're afraid it'll cause other actors to walk, and then there goes an easy guarantee of $800 million at the box office before merchandising and home media booty is counted.
Obviously they'd like to fire him, but only after they have a replacement (if they recast) announced and a new director attached so they can spin it as "bigger and brighter new things!" However, if Bautista keeps running his mouth and they don't reprimand him... well... they're in a really awkward spot. Couldn't have happened to a nicer megalomaniacal corporation.
I mean, what else is there to say?Vince's wife works for Donald Trump.
If Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana walk, Guardians 3 is in real trouble. They might think they can replace Bautista with Jon Cena and get away with it. but you know they will blame Dave Bautista and James Gunn if the movie bombs.
Also there are various reports that Feige fought to keep both Gunn and his script for GOTG VOl 3 and now Variety says theya re probably gonna keep the script so Feige clearly wasn't neutral about this.
He fought. Iger and Horn weren't having so what do you want him to do? Resign?
Gotta say, I really admire Bautista for speaking out about this. If only there were more Dave Bautistas in the world...
I've said it before but there is no way Zoe can or would walk. When the FOX deal goes through, Avatar will be a Disney property and there are 4 sequels on the line for that franchise. IMO Zoe and most of her GOTG co-stars did the smart thing, they signed that letter they put out and left it at that.If Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana walk, Guardians 3 is in real trouble. They might think they can replace Bautista with Jon Cena and get away with it. but you know they will blame Dave Bautista and James Gunn if the movie bombs.
I do too, but mocking Disney with MAGA while he used to work for Vince McMahon is just stupid.
Yeah, I agree. More, Id say Feige did in fact win more than he lost. We went from a completely severed business relationship (Horns initial words) to taking meetings with Gunn, using his script and an open door to retuning in the future. Horn by contrast looks pretty dumb, having to walk back everything but the actual firing, and costing the company a reported $7-10 million for that. If he jumped at the chance to can Gunn as a way to show the board and shareholders that hes the kind of strong and decisive leader Disney needs when Iger retires next year (and I strongly suspect that was his prime motive), then things really blew up in his face.