Ronda Rousey has been generating quite the buzz outside of the octagon these days. The UFC Women's Bantamweight champion is featured as one of the coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 18 and is reportedly in negotiations to join the cast of Fast and Furious 7, along with Hollywood luminaries Vin Diesel, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and Paul Walker.
Variety first reported Rousey's interest in the film which will take place in Los Angeles. Rousey is jumping on board a winning train; Fast & Furious 6 grossed more than $740 million worldwide and is returning the majority of its star talent.
Rousey has jumped headfirst into the world of film, having already committed to a role in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 3, another star-studded festival of violence. She is expected to film the movies back-to-back in order to finish in time to train for her next fight.
While the Fast series has made far more money than The Expendables, the cast of Stallone's franchise is ever-changing and historically mightier. In addition to regulars Stallone, Jason Statham (also in Fast and Furious 7), Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews, the third installment features a bevy of big names.
The list of newcomers Rousey joins include martial arts legend Jackie Chan, ex-welterweight boxing champion Victor Ortiz, and action movie icon Harrison Ford, who is replacing Bruce Willis.
Willis appeared in the first two films but has apparently had a falling out with Stallone who took to Twitter to express his frustration with the Die Hard star. In a pair of tweets Stallone said, "WILLIS OUT... HARRISON FORD IN !!!! GREAT NEWS !!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!" That was followed by "GREEDY AND LAZY ...... A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE."
Representatives for Stallone did not deny that his tweets were aimed at Willis.
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