Halle Berry will make her directorial debut in the film Bruised, but has been sued by a former MMA fighter.
There are still a few months for Bruised of Halle berry premieres in Netflix, but the actress who has now debuted as a director has received a lawsuit from Cat zingano, a former fighter of MMA. Since according to her, she acted as an advisor in the film in exchange for a role. Halle berry told him that he had to be available on specific dates during filming, so he had to turn down a fight in the UFC, which caused his contract to be canceled. So in the end he was left without a fight and without a movie.
But the hardest thing to understand about this story is that when they started shooting Bruised, Halle berry supposedly told Cat zingano that she would no longer be in the movie because she was not a fighter of the UFC. Something that happened because he rejected the fight for the film.
What is the movie about?
Bruised will come to Netflix in the United States on November 24 of this year. It’s about a veteran fighter, who will play her own Halle berry who will face a young woman who is beginning to stand out in the MMA. All this while trying to regain custody of his six-year-old son. The cast also includes Shamier Anderson, Adan Canto Y Stephen McKinley Henderson. The UFC fighter Valentina shevchenko will play that promising rival, apparently, it was the role that was originally offered to Cat zingano.
Halle berry was not the first choice for this movie when Netflix started the project, since Nick cassavettes I was going to be the director with Blake Lively of protagonist. But they both withdrew and it was time to Halle berry to direct and star in this martial arts story. Over time, we will see if the lawsuit is going ahead and if it affects the film.