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Gina Carano’s early thoughts on Fast 6, The Rock, other co-stars and more

Gina Carano shares her early thoughts on Fast 6, her co-stars and recounts Haywire to top UK based film site - Filmoria.com  First of all, congratulations on your success in Haywire. How did you get involved in the role of Mallory Kane?                                      -Steven Soderbergh actually saw me fighting on CBS and then gave my management and agent a call. I’d just lost my first fight to Cyborg so I was just kinda depressed and he took the train up from LA and we had a four hour lunch. He asked if I wanted to do a movie and I was like, ‘yeah sure’ and then he went on to say he didn’t have a script, producers or actors confirmed and explained him and writer Lem Dobbs would get working on it. It was incredible how fast it moved. The script ended up being good for me as Mallory is nothing like me and then he (Soderbergh) had me train with a secret service guy for seven months instead of an acting coach. It must have been an overwhelming experience being touted by a top Hollywood director. How did you feel when you got the call and met up? -I’m from the fighting world so I didn’t really know who Steven Soderbergh was. I didn’t really know anyone’s names so I was very clueless on Hollywood. Since then, I have received the full education, believe me, and after it’s all said and done, I look back and can’t believe he did what he did and I couldn’t be more grateful.   (continued…) (James Thompson – @thommojo3)

Gina Carano on the prospect of The Fast and Furious 6, recollecting Haywire, karoake & more…(*updated 04/30)

-Gina shows a reporter how to wrap hands (PaulaLamas) -recalling Haywire, going from it to Fast 6, & more (MTV –  @KPSull) -her action role and responsibility, & more (MTV – @KPSull) -her background, the men of Haywire, & more ( StarPulse) -musicals, karoake, feminine strength , & more (TheInsider) (paula-lamas.blogspot.com) “We got a call about two weeks ago to do ‘The Fast and the Furious 6,“ Carano said. “We’re in negotiations for that, so if that goes through, that will be a really cool opportunity for me to get my feet wet on another big-budget film and be around all these different types of actors.” Carano seemed pleased at the idea of appealing to different bases of fans within the action genre, moving from the art-house appeal of “Haywire” to the mainstream explosions of “Fast & Furious.” “I’m going to go from the ‘Haywire’ crew to the ‘Fast 6′ crew, so I’m going to get a very broad range of knowledge as far as people go,” she said. “It’s like two different high school groups. You’ve got the very artistic, and then you’ve got the action group of athletes, like hard-core. Very different personalities there.” Carano is in negotiations to play a member of Dwayne Johnson’s team in the upcoming sequel directed by “Fast Five” helmer Justin Lin. As for whether Carano has begun sizing up her soon-to-be castmates, she said that’s not something she has to think about. “No, I’m pretty secure. I don’t need to size anybody up. I’m not worried about that. I’m worried about giving a good performance and understanding my character. That’s what I’ll focus on.” The actress wouldn’t say for sure how close she was to signing on, but remained optimistic about her prospects. “It will be really good for me, and I’m completely open to it,” Carano said. “If negotiations go good, we’ll probably start filming that.” (..continued) (MTV.com – Kevin P. Sullivan @KPSull )

Fast and Furious 6 Likely adding Gina Carano to Cast

The action franchise Fast & Furious is in negations with Gina Carano to add her to the cast for the upcoming film Fast & Furious 6. Paul Walker and Vin Diesel are also expected to star in the upcoming movie.  Neal H. Moritz and Diesel will be back as film producers. The director will be Justin Lin and Chris Morgan will be writing the script for the new movie.     Fast Five also known has Fast & Furious 5 set a record for the best opening weekend in Universal’s history and grossed more than 600 million worldwide. The first series of Fast & Furious made it debut back in 2001 and has grossed more than $1 billion.  Shooting for Fast & Furious is expected to get started in May/June and the movie In The Blood will be shot in late summer. Source: Hollywoodreporter

Gina Carano – more at ActionFest 2012, also featuring Cung Le & JJ Perry (*updated 4-20-12)

Chick Norris Award winner Gina Carano, speaks about authenticity in action films & more: – in a ReelzChannel video (Reelz.com) – in an interview with The Action Flick Chick -MTV (MTV.com, ActionFlickChick.com) – with JJ Perry & Cung Le, giving ten ways to make better action films (Movies.com) Then, Fight Director of the Year JJ Perry, expounds on his craft, as well as past & current projects. (ActionFest.com, Craveonline.com) Let’s begin with how you became an MMA fighter. I was just kind of going to college because that was what everybody around me told me to do. I didn’t have any passion and trying to find myself. I was dating a guy at the time who loved Bruce Lee. One night we were all hanging out drinking 40s, and he was like, “You know what? I’m gonna be done with this life. I’m gonna lose you if I don’t improve my life.” So he went the next day to Master Toddy’s Muay Thai. I would go and watch him. Finally, the Thai master to me, “Oh baby, you need to lose weight. You fat.” And I was like, “Oh God, like, okay.” I signed up for lessons with him, and five months later I found myself in San Francisco in a little tiny gym, kind of like a “Fight Club”-type of scenario. And I was fighting. Ever since I did that, I was just kind of addicted to it. Do you have go-to badass move? I was in a fight in high school, and I overhand-righted this girl because she started attacking me at a basketball game. My first ever fight! I’ve had professional fighters come up to me and ask me about my overhand-right. It just came so naturally. (…continued) (credit jr)

Interviews – Gina Carano on her status, Haywire, her next movie, new stunt training, & more

  CraveOnline & Movies.com spoke with Gina Carano on: Haywire, her status, new movie ‘In The Blood’ and more. Congratulations on your ActionFest award. Thank you, thank you. It’s really cool that they finally have an award like that that they’re giving out and I’m really looking forward to seeing the women after me get it. What highlights from your fights do you hope they show in the clip reel? You know what, I’ve never actually been to one of these award things, so they’re going to show a clip real? I’m fine with whatever. They can show anything. I’m really proud to have come from MMA and to be a part of that. I think it’s an amazing sport and they’re such wonderful people and such wonderful females that are part of it too, so it’s really kind of an honor to represent my sport in that way. It’s really kind of awesome also for me to represent stunts because I think those people put out such wonderful, beautiful fight scenes that we get to enjoy all the time and they actually put their lives on the line a lot of the time too and it’s really nice to be a part of an event that really shows people that side to it and honors people that are part of the stunts and all that. Have you gotten new fans from movies? Yeah, I think so. I’ve been actually surprised. A lot of people enjoyed the film Haywire and a lot of people have mixed feelings on it but regardless, a lot of people have said really wonderful things about it being my first experience, that the fighting they absolutely enjoyed. So I think I’ve gotten a lot more fans actually. I’m so surprised. I’m really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base.    (continued) (credit: EoinA)

Gina Carano to Star In The Blood Action Movie

Gina Carano will star in the upcoming movie In The Blood directed by John Stockwell whose prior movies include Into the Blue and Blue Crush. Described as being in the vein of Taken, Blood is set in motion when a husband disappears while vacationing in the Caribbean with his wife, to be played by Carano. The grieving wife passionately and recklessly pursues the men whom she believes kidnapped and killed him. Stockwell said This role will showcase not only Gina’s fighting skills, but also her acting abilities as her character struggles to reign in her violent past. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in late spring or early summer in Puerto Rico with production partners Pimienta Film Company (The Men Who Stare At Goats).  The film will also likely use Haywire’s stunt team “87eleven” for the new movie. Source:  Hollywood Reporter

I am Bruce Lee Trailer

The Film I am Bruce Lee will be in Theaters on Feb 9th and 15th only. I am Bruce Lee tells the amazing story of one of the most iconic human beings ever to enter the public consciousness. Gina Carano is featured at the 1.05 min mark of the trailer. Source: I am Bruce Lee Movie Credit: JChap

Aaron Cohen In Depth Special Ops Training for Haywire

Gina Carano and the cast training with Aaron Cohen for the movie Haywire. Credit: Lara

First Weekend BOX Office in Russia for Haywire

Thanks to international sales, Haywire is still doing well pulling a total of $15.3 million so far in the US alone.  In Russia, Haywire is in 3rd place beating the previous weeks #1 and Dragon Tattoo in it’s 3rd week. Source: boxofficemojo

Haywire web blogger Reviews

In addition to the professional accord of praise on Haywire & Carano, checkout these web-blogs: Other Haywire Video Reviews: Haywire Video Review #1 Haywire Video Review #2 Haywire Video Review #3 Haywire Video Review # 4 Haywire Video Review #5 Haywire Video Review #6 Source:  GGB

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