Desktop Site19 January 2012
Gina Carano was not at her best when she first met moviemaker Steven Soderbergh about the lead role in his new movie Haywire - because she had just been at the wrong end of a pounding in the ring.
The director requested a meeting with the fighter and it took place shortly after her first MMA defeat.
Carano explains, "I had a black eye. I got punched above my eyebrow andthe bruise was coming down into my eye... and my agent called me and he said, 'There's a director that would love to meet you.'
"I was like, 'I don't think you really want me to meet anybody right now, I kinda look likea monster.'
"We had a four-hour lunch and at the end of it, he offered me the job".