Dave Bautista is getting back into character as Drax the Destroyer for Thor: Love and Thunder by showing off his now-shaven head.

"It's for a good cause," Bautista slyly wrote on his Instagram page alongside a photo of his head. Accompanying the photo was the hashtag #HairlessGorilla, as well as a few emojis including an arm muscle and gorilla.

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Thor: Love and Thunder will see Bautista appear alongside the Thor cast and fellow Guardians of the Galaxy actors Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan and Pom Klementieff. The plot will loosely adapt the 2015-2018 Mighty Thor storyline, in which Jane Foster (a returning Natalie Portman) becomes worthy of wielding Mjolnir in Thor's place, thus taking on his Asgardian powers. This will coincide with the arrival of Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), whose comic weaponry allows him to kill the gods themselves.

Bautista made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Drax in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy and became a breakout star, thanks in large part to his unexpected deadpan humor in playing a powerful warrior whose species are entirely literal. He went on to reprise his role as the character for James Gunn's 2017 sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, as well as the MCU crossover films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

The success of Guardians also helped Bautista achieve mainstream Hollywood status, going on to appear in films like Spectre, Blade Runner 2049, Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy and My SpyHis next major roles include playing Glossu Rabban in Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune and the lead protagonist of Zack Snyder's upcoming zombie heist movie Army of the Dead.

Directed by Taika Waititi, Thor: Love and Thunder stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Chris Pratt as Star-Lord and Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher. The film arrives in theaters May 6, 2022.

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