USA: Mixed martial artist Gina Carano shows her moves on the red carpet for the premiere of the new action film premiere, "Haywire"

Record ID: 220720

  • Title: USA: Mixed martial artist Gina Carano shows her moves on the red carpet for the premiere of the new action film premiere, "Haywire"
  • Date: 9th January 2012
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 05, 2012) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CAST OF "HAYWIRE" CLOSE UP OF ACTRESS GINA CARANO WITH CAST EWAN MCGREGOR TALKING TO A REPORTER PHOTOGRAPHERS VARIOUS ANTONIO BANDERAS WITH STEVEN SODERBERGH (SOUNDBITE) (English) EWAN MCGREGOR ON GINA CARANO, SAYING: "It is almost like between the punches and the kicks, the way she re-adjust her body weight is totally the way of a fighter and it would be very hard to recreate that. I would like to think that I could do anything. But, there is something about that she is a fighter is very interesting to watch." CARANO TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) GINA CARANO ON FIGHTING AND THE MOVIES, SAYING: "I think a lot of people don't know what goes into a making a film. It is so easy to judge from a television set, 'Oh, they did that great or they did that awful.' It is a lot more work than people get credit for. Fighting does have its own flavor too. But, both of them are on the opposite extremes of extremes." SODERBERGH ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) STEVEN SODERBERGH ON CASTING CARANO, SAYING: "I saw her beating up a woman in a cage on television and thought, the only thing that is missing is that she is not beating up a male movie star. How much more fun would that be." PAN FROM THE POSTERS TO CAST CHANNING TATUM ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHANNING TATUM ON CARANO SAYING: "As far as an actress goes, you put her against these amazing actors, who've been doing it for longer than she has been alive, like Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, you are going to feel raw. But, I think that is what makes you feel a little bit more accessible to her. I think she pulled off the military thing very, very well." CAST POSING
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  • Location: Usa, Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Health,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA9RYD3I912MDKB5J8MOW5S42DE
  • Story Text: Mixed martial artist fighter Gina Carano hit the red carpet, along with her co-stars Thursday night (January 05), for the Los Angeles premiere of "Haywire."
    Directed by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh, the action thriller boasts a talented cast that includes Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas.
    It also introduces mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, in a demanding lead role that has her performing her own high-adrenaline stunts.
    "I saw her beating up a woman in a cage on television and thought, the only thing that is missing is that she is not beating up a male movie star," explained Soderbergh, on the genesis behind the casting of Carano. "How much more fun would that be," laughed the filmmaker.
    Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive.
    "I think a lot of people don't know what goes into a making a film," said Carano, when asked to compare fighting to acting.
    "It is so easy to judge from a television set, 'Oh, they did that great or they did that awful.' It is a lot more work than people get credit for. Fighting does have its own flavor too. But, both of them are on the opposite extremes of extremes."
    Co-star Ewan McGregor added that the fighter turned actress is talented in both.
    "It is almost like between the punches and the kicks, the way she re-adjust her body weight is totally the way of a fighter and it would be very hard to recreate that. I would like to think that I could do anything. But, there is something about that she is a fighter that is very interesting to watch," said McGregor.
    "Haywire" opens on January 20th.
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