‘Conan’ Star Jason Momoa in Talks for Drax in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

After the unlikely casting of “Parks & Reacreation” and Zero Dark Thirty star Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, aka Star Lord, in Marvel’s cosmic superhero ensemble Guardians of the Galaxy, it sounds like the rest of the team is being filled out slowly but surely. Latino Review has word that names like Isiah Mustafa, Dave Bautista, and Brian Patrick were testing for the role of Drax the Destroyer, but it’s Conan the Barbarian remake and Bullet to the Head star Jason Momoa who has come out on top with an offer and is currently in talks to take the role. Most fans should be familiar with Momoa after his stint on “Game of Thrones.” So who exactly is Drax the Destroyer? Drax used to be a human saxophonist named Art Douglas, but he and his wife were killed by Thanos while driving in the Mojave desert. The death of his wife already gave Drax an axe to grind, but Thanos also …