Glass Onion Fans Are Freaking Out Over Dave Bautista's Head

When Knives Out was released, fans of the movie on social media got strangely obsessed with Chris Evans's sweater, transforming the wardrobe into a meme and comparing anybody wearing a heavy, cable-knit sweater to Evans for months afterwards. So far, no one piece of wardrobe has commanded that much attention from Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery fans...but audiences have laser-focused in on the wrinkles atop Dave Bautista's head in a similar fashion.

Bautista has drawn a lot of praise for his role in the movie, with filmmaker Rian Johnson going so far as to call him the best wrestler-turned-actor ever. But if you search his name on Twitter right now, most of the comments from the las few days are about the appearance of the skin on top of his head. 

Such is the way of the internet.

You can check out the official synopsis for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery below, followed by some of our favorite tweets about Bautista's head. The Rock's eyebrow was not available for comment.

Benoit Blanc returns to peel back the layers in a new Rian Johnson whodunit. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid detective at a lavish private estate on a Greek island, but how and why he comes to be there is only the first of many puzzles. Blanc soon meets a distinctly disparate group of friends gathering at the invitation of billionaire Miles Bron for their yearly reunion. Among those on the guest list are Miles' former business partner Andi Brand, current Connecticut governor Claire Debella, cutting-edge scientist Lionel Toussaint, fashion designer and former model Birdie Jay and her conscientious assistant Peg, and influencer Duke Cody and his sidekick girlfriend Whiskey. As in all the best murder mysteries, each character harbors their own secrets, lies and motivations. When someone turns up dead, everyone is a suspect. Returning to the franchise he began, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rian Johnson writes and directs Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and assembles another all-star cast that includes a returning Daniel Craig alongside Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista.

If only Avatar 2 hadn't taken up all the IMAX screens!

I want to go to an IMAX, put on 3D glasses, and watch an hour of slow panning macro shots of the top of Dave Bautista’s head. Really get in there, each of those weird skull wrinkles emerging like a sprawling valley in an Attenborough documentary as the camera crests their ridges.

— Moloch Meldrum (@SlayerRules_420) December 28, 2022

Forget the peanut gallery -- this commentary comes from the produce section

Dave Bautista’s head looks like a peach pit.

— C M Holbrook (@CrackedPickle) December 28, 2022

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

fascinating things are happening on the top of bautista’s head

— ddiiggss (@ddiiggss) December 28, 2022

Just...why?

Why is the top of Dave Bautista's head so wrinkly?#GlassOnionKnivesOut

— Tanika – Down tudda Pynk (@YaGirlJiggy) December 28, 2022

The real Knives Out Mystery

It is a movie that asks and bravely does not answer the question “what the fuck is the deal with Dave Bautista’s head?”

— dansplainer (@JawlessMonk) December 27, 2022

Here's an actual theory about it

The head creases are a pro wrestling thing. The skin over the skull is very thin and bleeds easily so they’ll hit there with concealed razors to make bouts bloody. The wrestler Abdullah the Butcher’s were so deep he’d make a quarter disappear in them as a party trick.

— William 🌹 Kuechenberg (@scriptz4sale) December 27, 2022

I mean...priorities.

Just watched Glass Onion with my mom, whose main takeaway is Dave Bautista’s head

— rory (@aurora_f) December 26, 2022

The scientific explanation

He 32.7% Shar-Pei trust me look it up.

— Jake Blows (@Pr1ReaperZZ) December 26, 2022

And this is a whole different head conversation

I just realized watching glass onion that Dave Bautista isn't actually bald, he just shaves his head. I guess I'll take the representation but it's a little sad. we still have Jason Statham

— Cube Head ✈️🚀🏛️ (@A_Hammer_Boy) December 28, 2022