An In-Depth Look at Ronda Rousey's Not-So-Secret Desire to Be a Marvel Super Hero

An In-Depth Look at Ronda Rousey's Not-So-Secret Desire to Be a Marvel Super Hero

She has my vote. I can't think of a single woman more qualified. She has the looks. She has the abs. She has the athleticism. And nobody has to teach her how to kick ass. She was born to be a superhero.

Can she act? Who cares? (1) She seemed OK in Furious 7 and that old guy action movie. (2) Let's face it, superhero dialogue doesn't really need Meryl Streep at the helm. (3) She's Ronda Frickin' Rousey. Has anyone ever noticed whether Chris Hemsworth can act? He could be anywhere between Hayden Christensen and Daniel Day Lewis, and nobody would care. Same idea with Ronda.

And, by the way, although Daniel Day Lewis is probably off somewhere doing Strindberg in the original Swedish for an audience of 12 blindfolded hippies, and although he eschews this kind of crap in general, he would be an awesome Dr. Strange. Just sayin'.

Reader comment:

She was awful in FF7. Its a hell of a lot easier to train an actor to punch, than it is a fighter to act. And Captain Marvel's powers are such that most of the action will be CG anyway, so her fighting skills would be irrelevant.

Scoop's note:

True enough about the CG. Even without CGI, simple fast-cut editing made Kate Beckinsale look like a credible action hero, but Ronda has the additional advantage that she actually looks like a superhero in the suit. Frankly, you may be right about FF7, but I watched that flick and never even noticed whether she sucked, just as most women have never noticed or cared that Hemsworth's biggest credit before Thor was the Aussie version of Dancing With The Stars.