Dave Bautista said it was "nauseating" to work for Disney after the company fired James Gunn as director of "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" for old tweets it found offensive.
After the "Guardians of the Galaxy" cast released a statement supporting the fired director, Bautista, who plays Drax in the franchise, shared his personal thoughts on the matter and called the situation "pretty nauseating," according to Reuters.
Bautista wrote that he'll still act in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" because he's "legally obligated," but that the franchise without James Gunn is "not what I signed up for."
"[Guardians of the Galaxy] without James Gunn just isn't [Guardians of the Galaxy]," he wrote.
"It's also pretty nauseating to work for someone who'd empower a smear campaign by fascists #cybernazis," Bautista continued, referring to right-wing commentator Mike Cernovich, who unearthed Gunn's 10-year-old tweets. Many viewed Disney's firing of Gunn as capitulation to Cernovich and his followers.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" star Kurt Russell also weighed in on the firing recently, saying that maybe "we're getting a little too sensitive on maybe some of the wrong people."
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