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Vote for Gina Carano on “Maxim’s Hot 100″ list of 2012

Let’s get Gina beyond her past score of #16 on this year’s list! Click the pic below to vote. . credit: pedro & poleaxed

critics’ consensus: Haywire – a good genre jaunt for Soderbergh & Gina Carano is your new action heroine

 RICHARD ROEPER: (Grade: A) -”Haywire a refreshing changeup (from quick-cuts and stunt-doubling in action films)…plays like an indy version of franchises such as Mission:Impossible.“ -”Gina Carano makes a spectacular debut…a few line readings are a bit flat, but she has an enormously appealing, natural screen presence…think The Rock, only way cuter…a memorable debut” (ReelzChannel) ROGER EBERT – Sun Times: (3 out of 4 stars) -”Carano can hold her own…I expect her to become a considerable box-office success, because the fact is, within a limited range, she’s good.” -”Haywire has no lasting significance…but(is) a first-rate genre thriller.” – Peter Travers – Rolling Stone: (3.5 out of 4 stars) “She more than holds her own with the big boys…Carano is poetry in kick-ass motion.” “Haywire comes close to achieving Soderbergh’s goal of creating “a Pam Grier movie made by Alfred Hitchcock.”

Haywire NY screening: Gina Carano pics and quotes

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

new Haywire pics and co-star-Ewan Mcgregor on Gina Carano

 ”Meet Miss Haywire. This high-tension action thriller — stars Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum and was directed by Steven Soderbergh. Yet all anyone wants to talk about is the film’s lone female: Gina Carano.” Ewan McGregor: (on Carano)That girl is a star, just you wait and see…The movie is amazing, but at the end of the day, who doesn’t like to watch a girl kicking some ass?” credit: swinjen (etonline.com, collider.com)

Gina Carano at the UFC on Fox event: interviews and pics

. .   .     SKIP TO 03:14… or CLICK HERE SKIP TO 09:42… or CLICK HERE SKIP TO 01:13 … or  CLICK HERE credit: Lara , O_O, sstorm10 & jr      (get official pics at GettyImages)

Interview: Bullett Magazine – Gina Carano: A Knockout Both In and Out of the Ring

Bullet Magazine’s interview with Gina Carano for the winter 2011 issue: The mixed martial arts champion is a literal knockout who wields her body like a weapon in the cage. Why, then, has Gina Carano stepped outside the ring for her acting debut, as a vengeful covert agent in Steven Soderbergh’s action-thriller Haywire (an explosive cross between La Femme Nikita and The Bourne Identity)? Two words: adrenaline rush. BULLETT: What convinced you to give acting a shot? GINA CARANO: When I was a little girl, I used to think, If somebody only knew what I was capable of. I didn’t even know what it was at the time, but when you dream big, you eventually attract big things. I don’t look “Hollywood,” and so I figured that if something were to come to me, it would probably come from a director asking me to be a part of their project. And that’s exactly what happened, which is really crazy. [Laughs.] You did all of your own stunts for Haywire. Do you think that forced your co-stars—Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, and Channing Tatum—to consider you in a different light?… (credit: sstorm10)   CLICK BELOW TO CONTINUE…

media: more Haywire pics & poster

           . by: Claudette Barius , Relativity Media & HeyGuys.co.uk credit: RSP & CaliGroove84 & swinjen

MMA spotlight: Liz Carmouche vs Sarah Kaufman

  Be sure to checkout StrikeForce Challengers: Bowling vs Voelker 3 on Friday, July, 22nd as former Marine and top 135lb fighter Liz Carmouche takes on former champion, Sarah Kaufman. (click for interviews) previous comments on Gina Carano: Liz Carmouche: “…She has a great smile, that personality… So, she brings what people want to see, that gentle side of mma, but at the same time (she) can throw a punch, throw a kick, and take a shot. It’s kinda what the sport needs, a face that people find attractive, find as a normal woman, but at the same time (find) as a competitive athlete.” Sarah Kaufman: “It’s great that Gina’s been able to find an avenue where she’s making some decent money and making a living doing something she’s really enjoying. And being successful. Everything that she did, and she did a lot of media and things I’m sure she would have preferred not to do, that definitely helped us as females in the sport. She got that recognition of being on American Gladiators. I think that if she would have won the title fight when she fought Cris Cyborg it would be a different story when she took time off. But because she lost, it was her decision to take a step back and focus on something that was different. And if she wants to come back, she’s of course very welcome.”  

article: MMA Star Gina Carano on her First Acting Gig for Steven Soderbergh

 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.”

Haywire Promo Poster Art Leaked – Haywire Pics (*updated 05/06)

Haywire promo art was recently leaked by someone that was not affiliated with the studio behind Haywire. The pictures appear to be drafts some of which may be used in the future to promote the Haywire movie. *updated 05/06 – pics were requested to be removed . Artwork by: Neil Kellerhouse News Credit: ‘The UG’

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