UFC Badass Ronda Rousey To Play Herself in Biopic About Her Life
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:27 am- a.jpg (775.22 KiB) Viewed 2026 times
Along with being the undisputed champion of the UFC and destroying her most recent opponent in 34 seconds this past weekend, Ronda Rousey has already appeared in two films this year: Furious 7, in which she brawls with Michelle Rodriguez, and Entourage, in which she brawls with Jerry Ferrara as his character attempts to date her. But Rousey is looking for her big breakout role, and now she may have found it playing an unlikely character: herself.
Variety reports that Paramount has acquired the rights to Rousey's autobiography My Fight/Your Fight, and has set writer Mark Bomback (The Wolverine, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) to pen the screenplay. When Rousey put the word out that the rights were available, she apparently made it very clear that it was a package deal: if a studio grabbed the rights, they'd have to cast her in the film. Her performances so far haven't exactly been jaw-dropping, but playing herself might just be the best thing for her while she's still in the spotlight.
She's dominating the conversation in the sports world, now let's see if she can do the same in the movie world.
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