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Interview & pics: Gina Carano further in depth on next movie, Wonder Woman, female action stars and more

FilmSchoolRejects.com spoke with Gina Carano, the recipient and inspiration for The Chick Norris Best Female Action Star Award, at ActionFest 2012. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us. Not a problem. Film School Rejects, that’s an incredible name. Thank you very much, we do the best we can. That’s kind of how we operate, we appreciate films as if we went to film school and yet all managed to get kicked out before graduation. I like that. I wanted to talk to you a little bit about making the transition from MMA to film. Specifically, did you find it difficult to work within scripted fight sequences after coming from something as visceral and in the moment as mixed martial arts? Actually I found it, in a way, enlightening and freeing. It allowed me to do what I love to do without worrying about having to have a fight at the end of those two months of training. Instead it was more like choreography for a dance, but still letting me do what I love, and that was a ton of fun for me. It was a way for me to explore my passion without getting hurt or having to hurt someone else. It was beautiful actually. When you’re fighting in gyms, you have to spar all the time. Sometimes you’re better than your sparring partner, sometimes you’re worse, but you have to use a certain amount of control. I took that same mentality, “I’m not trying to hurt this person, I’m trying to work with this person.” It was an easy transition actually.   (continued …) (credit: swinjen, M1, & EoinA)

Co-star quote: Michael Angarano on Gina Carano

   “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

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  

Gina Carano Twitter/Facebook update: Halloween 2010

     Costumes make me feel normal.  Twitter                 facebook

‘Haywire’ co-Star quotes: Michael Douglas, Channing Tatum, and Michael Fassbender on Gina Carano

“..Steven (Soderbergh) has discovered this Gina Carano who’s an ultimate fighter. She’s one of these ultimate fighters. She’s quite attractive and I think in the spirit of a super-action-Bruce Lee-as-a-leading-lady in a good story that he’s built around, but with action scenes that you don’t cutaway from. She gives as good as it takes. It’s a little disturbing to see a lady get hit in the mouth right on camera and then come back. It was pretty good… ( ManhattanMovieMag.com – 05/22)   “I did a Steven Soderbergh movie with mixed martial artist Gina Carano – she’s amazing.” (belfasttelegraph.co.uk – 03/31)       “She’s a cagefighter. She’s this Muay Thai expert amazing fighter, and very very pretty too. I checked her out on YouTube, and it’s like, holy sh*t.“ source: Cinemablend.com credit: Amber Rae