{
  "id": 5367641,
  "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",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T16:35:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/god-of-war-dave-bautista-transformation-kratos-1237067022/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dave Bautista is showing off his physical progress as he gets ready to play Kratos in Prime Video’s God of War. The Guardians of the Galaxy star is taking over the role after Ryan Hurst was seriously injured during filming of the series. “3rd week in to weight training again. 2 more months to get […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-03T14:08:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}