Looks like Steven Soderbergh is back on his game.
After indulging his arthouse indie side with uneven character pieces like The Girlfriend Experience and The Informant, it seems like Soderbergh is now indulging his mainstream side with this year's terrifying ensemble piece Contagion and the upcoming action thriller Haywire, which is slated for 2012.
Always a casting maverick, Soderbergh has decided to cast first time actress and Mixed Martial Arts star Gina Carrano in the lead role. The move is similar to his casting of Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience, opting for real-life experience over acting experience for a character. It's hard to argue that point from watching the action pieces in this trailer. Gina Carrano kicks some serious ass here and she does it with a conviction and honesty that likely couldn't be achieved from another actress...no matter how much training they've had. We'll have to wait to see how she does on the acting side of things, but with an Academy Award winning director by her side and an excellent ensemble to work off of it's hard to imagine her not pulling it off.
Haywire stars Gina Carrano, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas. It is directed by Steven Soderbergh. It is scheduled for release January 20th, 2012.
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