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Gina Carano Featured in LA Times and NY Times
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Gina Carano appeared in both the NY Times and LA Times. There was some pretty interesting stuff revealed in the in depth articles. It follows Gina’s story from her pre MMA days to what led her to acting in a movie with Steven Soderbergh.
This time the Academy Award-winning director reimagines the spy genre within the confines of physical realism. Rather than employ movie technology audiences have grown accustomed to — stunt doubles, quick film cuts, wire work — Soderbergh opted to approach the genre with a real-life fighter as his lead and a real-life elite soldier as his technical adviser. He then surrounded Carano with such actors as Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas and Ewan McGregor.
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NY Times
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Ronda Rousey and other female mma luminaries credit and accredit Gina Carano, the person & fighter
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Here are some fighter quotes on Gina Carano to serve as a reminder of just what brought her to her present fame. These peer reviews serve to dispel any ignorance &/or cynicism used to contest Carano’s credibility. For the rest of you who:
– know the dynamics of mma (esp. female mma) matchmaking
– were actually around to read the headlines of Carano’s show stealing fights (not just the taglines on her looks)
– realize that while someone with minimum, technical victories over descript fighters can be dubbed “talented”, defeating opponents who have much more experience & at their contrasting style (grappling) in exciting fashion, is something more
– are aware that records showed that Carano’s opponents were of the best starting set of 7 opponents a fighter could have. She met the criteria that a new fighter with unusually high media coverage must face tougher competition than she would have otherwise had on the traditional experience building scene. Her resume isn’t exactly filled with: ‘1 & done’ fighters, debuters, non-descript individuals, and competitors with losing records.
…have what you already know unequivocally validated by the following quotes:
Ronda Rousey: “I owe a lot to her. I never would have thought that women’s mixed martial arts would have offered a career to me if it wasn’t for her. She’s still doing a lot for us. She went and made a multimillion-dollar movie, and a lot of people that have never watched women’s MMA in their entire lives are going to see this movie and be aware of it because of her. Whether she fights or not again is kind of irrelevant. I would like for her to fight again. I would love to fight her myself. I think that would be a huge match, especially after she’s already become a movie star. It would get a lot of attention, but I feel like people should lay off of her. She’s done a lot. If she wants to come back, fine. But I quit judo because I didn’t have a passion for it anymore. I didn’t have that drive to do it anymore, and if she doesn’t want to do [MMA] anymore, then I understand. I probably understand more than anybody else. I wish she would come back, but that’s her decision.” (sherdog.com)
Lisa Ward: I don’t know how she’s beaten some of the women she has. (Fightergirls.com) …
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Haywire NY screening: Gina Carano pics and quotes
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Gina Carano: “I’ve dealt with men larger than me, smaller than me, I’ve been hit where I can’t catch up with my head, and I’ve been hit not so hard. It’s all about the chemistry with the person. There were no egos involved, it was all about creating the best fight scene that we could. It was ok to get hurt. With the stunt guys also, they were used to actresses. I actually had to tell that one stunt guy, ‘No, you put me into that wall as hard as you can.’ And he put me into it so hard I actually went white for a second. But I actually enjoyed that. Is that weird? …Fighting is the most honest form of communication you can get. [Michael]Fassbender just became a mentor to me, he was so supportive. And he was so down to just bang into everything we could, vases, everything. He always was like ‘We need to slam our head into that wall a little harder.“
credit: Lara
