Book Batista in a rom-com

[Stu]

According to Buzzfeed, that's the goal.

www.buzzfeed.com/kristenharris1/dave-bautista-rom-com?origin=spl

"I don't know. It's just never come my way. I've never had an offer to do a rom-com. I still have high hopes. I'll just keep searching."

[XIII]

"My Spy" kind of some of those elements. Fun movie someone get Batista on Hallmark next Christmas!

[Mozenrath]

I'd put him in a romantic comedy with Constance Wu, have him be kind of a sweetheart guy, and her having a rather animated reaction to seeing his muscles and ton of ink, kind of play against type from the kind of guy one might assume would have that kind of build and tattoos.

[tirtefaa]

Must Love Basketballs

[LiamMcDuggle]

Do Rom-Coms even exist anymore? The only thing I ever see in theatres are either massive blockbusters or niche/indie films.

Mid budget movies as a whole don't even seem to exist anymore.

[ayumidah]

I liked him in Stuber, I'd buy him in a romcom. I actually kinda like this idea someone had on Twitter

[4real]

But Batista walks alone.

[Spider2024]

Feb 2, 2023 0:55:29 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

Must Love Basketballs

That movie actually exists already, kind of:



Although they could always cast Batista in a sequel or re-boot (which you could also call a re-match.)

[Milkman Norm]

I think Big Dave could pull it off.

[MiLB Fan]

This better play over the end credits:

[tirtefaa]

Feb 2, 2023 6:41:09 GMT -5 Spider2024 said:

Feb 2, 2023 0:55:29 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

Must Love Basketballs

That movie actually exists already, kind of

Although they could always cast Batista in a sequel or re-boot (which you could also call a re-match.)

That's the *game* of basketball. Batista's love is of the actual basket balls.

[karl100589]

I’d book him the way they booked Arnie in his family films, a normal guy who happens to be jacked.

[Jaws the Shark]

Feb 2, 2023 10:36:44 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

I think Big Dave could pull it off.

So you're proposing the love interest in this romcom is himself, eh?

[crowley1986]

Feb 3, 2023 6:59:58 GMT -5 Jaws the Shark said:

Feb 2, 2023 10:36:44 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

I think Big Dave could pull it off.

So you're proposing the love interest in this romcom is himself, eh?

think you stumbled onto a new genre - Self Rom Com 

[pinja]

He believed he had lost everything, including faith in love. Until she came into his life.

Big Dave in:

[repomark]

Dave is a down on his luck widower carpenter with three children to raise. He is summoned to a yacht by a rich socialite (played by Bayley) to make a customised wardrobe for her shoes. She refuses to pay him for the work upon completion and leaves town.

A short while later, whilst at sea she falls overboard. She is washed back on shore with severe amnesia, unaware of who she is. Spotting an opportunity, the opportunistic Dave pretends that he is actually her husband of many years. No credentials are asked for by the authorities and Dave successfully abducts her, putting her to work in his house as a cleaner and babysitter of his children.

Hilarity and romance ensue.

[Mozenrath]

Feb 3, 2023 14:15:37 GMT -5 crowley1986 said:

Feb 3, 2023 6:59:58 GMT -5 Jaws the Shark said:

So you're proposing the love interest in this romcom is himself, eh?

think you stumbled onto a new genre - Self Rom Com 

I bet that'd be doable. Make it about a "serial monogamist" who jumps from relationship to relationship and has to learn to love and respect themselves.

[Dang!]

Only is his co-star is Sinbad

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[CMWaters]

Semi-related:
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