When you’ve got a zillion tattoos all over your body, one slight mistake isn’t really a big deal, right? Dave Bautista, the actor (Guardians of the Galaxy) and former WWE star would agree, as he’s got a tattoo of Cillian Murphy on his thigh that he was hoping would resemble someone else.
Bautista told the story of his tattoo to GQ magazine, explaining that he was a tough, poor guy growing up who had his share of scraps but always treated people with respect. He thought of himself as a Gentleman Hooligan and wanted some sort of tatt to remember where he came from.
“I found this really cool picture that I love and I always wanted to do this,” Bautista said. “It was Cillian Murphy from Peaky Blinders, and I asked (tattoo artist) John to alter it so it didn’t look so much like Cillian Murphy. And I got it and I thought, ‘Okay, that doesn’t look exactly like I have a tattoo of Cillian Murphy on my thigh.’”
His millions of followers, though, begged to differ.
“The first time I posted it on my social media, all I got was, ‘Oh my God. You’ve got a tattoo of Cillian Murphy,’” Bautista laughed.
“Well, yeah I guess I do. It is what it is. So, you know, a little embarrassed but not ashamed. So Cillian, there you go. Your face is tattooed on my thigh.”
Sure enough, as you can see, the tattoo is a ringer for Murphy and Thomas Shelby, his character on the popular Peaky Blinders series.
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