The Suicide Squad to star in Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead because he really, really wanted to be a part of the zombie genre. As it turns out, the wrestler-turned-actor's affinity for the undead runs as deep as a freshly dug grave...one recently torn up by a reanimated corpse. Speaking with Empire for the magazine's April 2021 issue (now on sale), the Guardians of the Galaxy veteran said that he tried for years to secure a role on AMC's The Walking Dead, but was rejected for a very specific reason. "I said I would come and play a zombie for free, but they said, 'You're too big!'" Bautista recalled, adding that he wouldn't just join any ghoul-related project. "For me, there had to be something special about a zombie film for me to sign up," he added. "There's a whole bunch of different layers to this film."