Dave Bautista was almost not cast in Blade Runner sequel

Director Denis Villeneuve opened up about Dave Bautista casting in Blade Runner 2049 and said that he earlier thought that he was too young to play Sapper Morton in the film.

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In Blade Runner 2049(2017), the opening scene with Officer K(Ryan Gosling) and Sapper Morton(Dave Bautista) is an almost exact remake of an unreleased scene from the first Blade Runner(1982). : r/MovieDetails

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