who played the role of drax in infinity war
Drax the Destroyer Dave Bautista plays Drax in the live-action 2014 Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy.[48] In the film, Drax is an alien whose wife and daughter were slaughtered by Ronan the Accuser, on the instructions of Thanos, for which Drax vows revenge. He first meets the other Guardians of the Galaxy in prison, including Gamora, whom he holds responsible for his family's deaths because she is a daughter of Thanos. She tells him that she was raised by Thanos only after he slaughtered her own family, and bears no loyalty to him, and the two join Peter Quill in escaping prison in order to confront Ronan, whom they eventually kill. A recurring gag throughout the film is Drax's inability to understand metaphors because Drax's species is, according to Rocket, completely literal. Bautista reprises his role as Drax in its 2017 sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and has reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018).[49][50]
Avengers: Infinity War A second trailer was released on March 16, 2018, which earned over 1 million views on YouTube in less than three hours after it was released.[134] Alyssa Rosenberg of The Washington Post was not overly enthused about another superhero film having "special-effects-heavy villains, or the sight of yet another mysterious object hanging over the Manhattan skyline," but felt the trailer made her realize "that I’m actually looking forward to seeing [the characters of the MCU] get to know each other."[135] Josh Spiegel of The Hollywood Reporter agreed with Rosenberg about the potential for the character interactions, noting the trailer "suggests that some of these meetings are going to keep up the playful tone of recent MCU movies". He continued, "It is arguably gimmicky to pile up all of the crossover-style introductions or combinations of heroes in a movie like this, like a superpowered version of two well liked TV shows crossing over primarily in the hopes of getting more viewers to pay attention. But the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe is built on a foundation of these heroes existing within the same space, so their eventual meetings have a level of anticipation that exceeds that of watching them face off against Thanos."[136] The second trailer was viewed 179 million times in the first 24 hours, the third-most viewed trailer in that time period, behind the first trailer for the film and It, while also becoming the biggest release for a second trailer, surpassing Beauty and the Beast (128 million views).[137] On November 20, 2018, Little, Brown and Company will publish Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War: Thanos — Titan Consumed, written by Barry Lyga. Despite not existing within Marvel Studios' MCU cannon, the novel explores the origins of Thanos before the events of the film. Lyga noted he spoke with Marvel Studios to get an "outline of who Thanos is and what he means to the movies" and "was given great latitude and a free hand [in some areas of the story], while in others I had to tip-toe very carefully through the MCU."[138]