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Co-star quote: Michael Angarano on Gina Carano
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“She had great instincts. It was interesting to watch..like fighter instincts.”
(more about the film can be heard here @ 0:16:42 episode #8)
-previous co-star quotes – Michael Douglas, Channing Tatum & Michael Fassbender
credit: Frankie J & thanks to Smodcast.com and MichaelAngarano.net
Soderbergh interview: confirms 04/22/11 release date & other film notes
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According to director Steven Soderbergh, Gina Carano’s feature film debut ‘Haywire’ is opening in theaters on April 22, 2011. The confirmation and other notes about the film were revealed when the acclaimed director made a recent guest appearance on a podcast hosted by NFL analyst Rich Eisen, who had great praise for the film.
Soderbergh:
-“She (Gina Carano) was fantastic… really great.”
-“We’ve gone back and done a little more work (editing) since June.”
-“There were a couple of people (actors) that were not comfortable being beat by a woman.. (Eisen then affirms the action) there’s a hotel suite scene… that was alot of fun.”
@ 01:36:42 – http://richeisen.nfl.com/2011/01/05/wildcard-podcast-sir-charles-barkley-urban-meyer-steven-soderbergh/
-source: The Playlist
-editor’s note this article orignally posted 01/08/11 – updated credit: JChap & Sarah
Co-Star quote: Michael Douglas on Gina Carano’s action scenes in Haywire
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Michael Douglas recently reunited with Traffic director Steven Soderbergh for Haywire, an action film in which he plays a CIA agent alongside real-life martial arts fighter Gina Carano. “It’s a little scary when you’re doing a scene with her,” he says. “My God, the fight scenes are … she beats the sh*t out of these guys. It’s like the real thing.”
source: News.Scotsman.com (credit: Kej21)
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