13 Actors Who Got Their Start As Professional Athletes

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These athletes turned their focus from the field to film!

MMA and Muay Thai fighter Gina Carano decided to make the transition to acting shortly after one of the biggest moments of her career — when she and her rival Cris Cyborg became the first two women to headline a major MMA event, which at one point was the highest rated fight in Showtime history. A few years later, she landed her first leading role in"Haywire" and has since appeared in projects like"The Mandalorian" and"Deadpool.

"Bruce Lee was the stunt coordinator on ['The Wrecking Crew'], and he asked me if I wanted to play this part. And I said, 'Oh yeah, it sounds exciting.' So they gave me the script, and I had one line in it. I studied it for two weeks, trying to figure out how to say it. On the day of shooting, Bruce wasn't even there. Before he went off to do something else, he said: 'Oh, you know how to do the fight scenes. You don't need me here.

 

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