VOA标准英语2012--Duplicitous Boss Turns on Female Secret Agent in 'Haywire'

 Duplicitous Boss Turns on Female Secret Agent in 'Haywire'

MALLORY: "This is your pitch? You want me to be 'eye candy?' MI-6 wants me to be eye candy? I don't even know how to play that. I don't wear the dress."
When Mallory Kane does wear a dress it is likely to get ripped up as she rips into her opponents.
A former Marine¹ trained in all sorts of weapons and hand-to-hand combat, Kane now works as a top secret "special ops" agent. She knows she has to watch her back; but she doesn't suspect that her boss will turn her into the target.
Six years ago, Gina Carano became one of the first women to compete in the Mixed Martial² Arts or "MMA" arena³. She says it was the combination of femininity and fists that convinced Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh to put her in a starring film role.
"I think my physicality is the whole reason why I got the job in the first place," she notes. "I think it is probably because I do a lot of things like guys. I fight like a guy …a little bit …and I run like a guy."
KANE: "You can tell me right now why you sold me out or you can tell me in 10 minutes when I have my hands around your throat. Surrender now if you want to live."
KENNETH: "I'm sorry, Mallory, that's not possible."
KANE: "All right, Kenneth, we'll do it your way."
"I fight for a living and I think every fighter probably watches action films and they think about what they would have done and what is realistic," Carano says. "What I'm bringing to it is just whatever I can to give these fights my own flavor and my own personality."
Channing Tatum plays a fellow secret operative and says he had to battle his own upbringing to do the visceral fight scenes with Carano.
"I grew up in the South and you don't hit women. You don't curse at them, yell at them or anything," he explains, [and] I had to smash a ketchup⁴ bottle on her face. It was so alarming to see a beautiful girl sitting across from me and I just couldn't physically⁵ do it. She had to make fun of me and challenge my manhood to be able to do it. Then I finally did and realized I made a huge mistake because I did it too hard and her face came back like that and I was, like, 'uh-oh.'"
But Ewan McGregor, who co-stars as her character's duplicitous boss, says the men quickly realized Carano's skill would make fight scenes appear realistic to the film audience without actually harming her opponents …that is, her fellow actors.
"We were in very safe hands with Gina because she is so precise," McGregor explains. "I didn't feel that it was ever an issue to be worried or hurt. The only time I did get hurt is when I accidentally punched Gina in the head and she came straight up to me and said 'are you okay?' I was trying to be very [tough] and said I'm fine, but my hand was [hurting]. She didn't feel a thing."
Gina Carano says she hopes to find more film roles as she moves on from her fighting career. Haywire also features Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas and Antonio Banderas.

1 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

3 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

4 ketchup   

n.蕃茄酱，蕃茄沙司

参考例句：

• There's a spot of ketchup on the tablecloth.桌布上有一点番茄酱的渍斑。
• Could I have some ketchup and napkins,please?请给我一些番茄酱和纸手巾？

5 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。