{
  "id": 5345838,
  "title": "Dave Bautista Shows Off Body Transformation to Play Kratos in ‘God of War’ Series: ‘Two More Months to Get to Where I Need to Be’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/dave-bautista-shows-off-body-transformation-to-play-kratos-in-god-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:08:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dave-bautista-god-of-war-kratos-body-transformation-1236850444/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dave Bautista is back in the gym and showing off his muscle gains to play the super-strong Greek hero Kratos in the upcoming adaptation of the “God of War” video game. The actor shared a video of himself flexing in the gym and revealed that he’s three weeks into his weight training regime, with two […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "‘God Of War’ Star Dave Bautista Shows Off Transformation For Kratos Role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/god-of-war-star-dave-bautista-shows-off-transformation-for-kratos-role",
        "published": "2026-09-03T16:35:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "New Dave Bautista Video Reveals He's Putting On a Ton of Muscle to Play Kratos in God of War",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/new-dave-bautista-video-reveals-hes-putting-on-a-ton-of-muscle-to",
        "published": "2026-09-03T17:33:13.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}