As Deadline reported, Hurst, who had been originally set as Kratos in the adaptation of the popular PlayStation video game, tore a bicep while performing a stunt in late June, four months into the shoot.

Fuck man, Opie would have killed it in this...

He's an amazing actor and has just enough size to be believable. Like, he's not a juiced up action hero (neither is Bautista now) but Hurst was just a big dude with an intimidating presence. He's got the "farm strong" look that Kratos needed.

Bautista lost a lot of weight for his health and to expand roles, so I don't know how he'll do in this.

I think they should have just waited for Ryan to recover he was a much better choice.

Why are they so determined to cast a character that's only ever been voiced by black men as white?

Edit: The quantity of down votes I'm getting is fascinating. I'm disappointed no one wants to make an argument for them though.