Dave Bautista has replaced Ryan Hurst as Kratos in Amazon's God of War series. Hurst had to leave the show due to a severe injury when filming, leading Guardians of the Galaxy star Bautista to enter talks before he confirmed the news with a post on his Instagram account.

The production made the hard decision to recast the role and one of the names that quickly floated around was almost a dream: Dave Bautista. Who better than Dave Bautista to play freaking Kratos? Well,