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article: MMA Star Gina Carano on her First Acting Gig for Steven Soderbergh
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In the summer of 2009, after losing the first fight of her career, Gina Carano, a professional mixed martial artist, considered throwing in the towel. But at her agent’s insistence, the 29-year-old Texan agreed to meet with a director named Steven Soderbergh. “I had a black eye, and I didn’t want to see anyone,” she says. “Especially not a director who, I’m embarrassed to say, I hadn’t heard of before. He wanted to make a movie based on a female action person—‘star’ feels too weird to say—who would make these Hollywood stage fights look believable.”
another Co-star quote: Channing Tatum on Gina Carano
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At first, Tatum didn’t like the idea of being in a female (led) action movie.
“I said (to my wife) find a girl who could whoop up on me…and they did. She’s great. For somebody that’s never acted before, she seemed like she had. She worked really hard. (click here for video interview including notes on Haywire)
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Click for other co-star quotes: Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas and Mike Angarano.
Candid pics: Gina Carano and Jackson’s Fighters (updated 05/08)
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Gina Carano out & about with Team Jackson/Winklejohn MMA Fighters including: Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski , Rustam “The Tiger” Khabilov (click for fight highlight) and Kelley Renee (click for interview)
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credit: O_O
