Rumor: Dave Batista Supposedly Starring as the Villain Hinx in Bond 24

<p>Former WWE superstar Dave Batista has supposedly secured the role of Hinx in the next installment in the <em>James Bond<&sol;em> series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Latino Review&comma; the actor will assume the role of a henchman who is set to replicate the same success as previous Bond villains Oddjob and Jaws&comma; but at the same time&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;being so different to anything that has gone before&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this year&comma; <a title&equals;"Iconic Henchman" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mi6-hq&period;com&sol;sections&sol;articles&sol;bond-24-report-20140822-henchman-casting" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">MI6<&sol;a> reported that casting had started for the role of Hinx&comma; with the producers looking for an individual who is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;extremely physically fit and over 6’2&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Whoever wins the role will have several altercations with Daniel Craig&&num;8217&semi;s 007 throughout the film and also a driving sequence&comma;” reads the description posted by MI6 in August&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Former sports athletes will be under consideration along with anyone &&num;8216&semi;very unusual&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The character has the working name of &&num;8216&semi;Hinx&&num;8217&semi; &lpar;which may change before shooting starts&rpar; and is said to be between 30 and 45 years old&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Considering the criteria posted by MI6 for the role of Hinx&comma; 45-year-old Dave Batista matches the description of the role through his age&comma; former profession as a sports athlete and being 6’6&period; Additionally&comma; Batista recently starred in Marvel’s <em>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;em>&comma; with his role as Drax the Destroyer highlighted and praised by many critics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once again directed by Sam Mendes &lpar;<em>Skyfall<&sol;em>&rpar; and featuring Daniel Craig as 007&comma; the untitled <em>James Bond<&sol;em> film&comma; dubbed &OpenCurlyQuote;Bond 24’ at this moment in time&comma; will begin filming in December 2014 and a release date for the movie is scheduled for October 23rd&comma; 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via&colon; <a title&equals;"EXCLUSIVE&colon; Dave Bautista Bags Henchman Role Hinx In 'Bond 24'" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;latino-review&period;com&sol;news&sol;exclusive-bags-bond-henchman-hinx-role-in-bond-24" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Latino Review<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;