After production on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 concluded, Dave Bautista bid farewell to the role of Drax the Destroyer. Drax, played by Bautista, first appeared in James Gunn's 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy. Bautista played the character again in the 2017 films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.

Now, Bautista shared a heartbreaking new Instagram image alongside Gunn and other castmates, writing a heartfelt farewell to Drax in the caption. The actor claims he hardly had time to comprehend the conclusion of production before moving on to his next assignment, but the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy "changed [his] life.