DWTS Paige VanZant Lands Role In “Kickboxer: Retaliation”
Give it up for Paige VanVant! After Dancing With The Stars, she will be heading to the big screen. Deadline reports she will be starring in “Kickboxer: Retaliation”.
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Paige VanZant is heading out of the cage and onto the big screen for her feature debut. The UFC’s eighth-ranked Women’s Strawweight fighter and current Dancing With The Stars finalist contestant will be joining Kickboxer: Retaliation.
In the latest pic in the 1989 Jean-Claude Van Damme-originated Kickboxer franchise, VanZant will play Gamon, a 26-year-old with high-level fighting and shooting skills with some strong criminal connections too. The role was specifically written for VanZant after producers saw her on the ABC dancing competition show this season. “Paige is the up-and-coming darling of the UFC and her star quality shines through on camera,” producer Rob Hickman of Our House Films said in a statement. “She’s a tremendous asset to the film both as an onscreen talent and as a trainer fighter.”
More at Deadline.
Yay for Paige!
Also, I know there’s been talk about having a UFC fighter playing Captain Marvel (mostly Rhonda Rousey) and, after talking with my friends who are comic book fans, we think Paige would make the PERFECT Captain Marvel, especially if she’s now doing acting!
What a great news, Vogue! I am so excited to see her on big screen. She has definitely got the potential and am really happy that DWTS allowed her to reach to the wider audience. ????
After being bullied, happy for her. Thanks 2 Mark for getting her on DWTS.
I’ve enjoyed lurking on this site for a long time. I think it’s great that DWTS has given Paige a platform for other opportunities like this Kickboxer movie. If Paige has the acting abilities for it, I think she would make a wonderful Ms. Marvel. She looks like Carol Danvers and she could keep up with the physical demands for such a role. For now though, I’m keeping my fingers crossed and voting like crazy for Paige and Mark to win the mirrorball.
Edited to correct Captain Marvel and not Ms Marvel.
Woo hoo! So, so glad to hear this!
It is great to see her taking off Best wishes
So happy for Paige! Last week I watched an interview she did just before the Season 22 cast announcement where she talked about wanting to get acting roles.
That’s wonderful news! So happy for Paige. Hope this is just the start of even bigger and better things for this lovely and talented woman. I’m sure Mark is thrilled that getting Paige on DWTS lead to this new opportunity for her.
Great news for Paige!!! So excited for her and no one deserves this more than she and I hope tomorrow night is another win for her as well. I like her personality and hard work she has done in her life to get where she is in her career. Gosh, this dancing under her belt will also help in her future endeavors. Go Paige!!!!
So happy for Paige. Girlfriend has major star quality and is a hard worker. The sky’s the limit for her and I am glad to have gotten to “know” her during this season.