The Walking Dead because he was considered “too big” to play a zombie.The actor, soon starring in Army of The Dead, opened up about his long-time affection for zombies with Empire magazine.“I’m a zombie fan,” Bautista began. “I tried to get on Walking Dead for years, I said I would come and play a zombie for free, but they said, ‘You’re too big!'”The actor is now starring in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead for Netflix, a post-apocalyptic zombie heist film.