Julie D’Aubigny was a 17th-century bisexual French opera singer and fencing master who killed or wounded at least 10 men in life-or-death duels; performed nightly shows on the biggest and most highly-respected opera stage in the world; and once took the Holy Orders so she could sneak into a convent to bang a nun.
(via Badass of the Week: Julie D’Aubigny, La Maupin)
(via rrrick)
Chloe Moretz, who plays Hit Girl in Kick-Ass, released an interview today. A snippet:
What drew you to the role of Hit-Girl?
I wanted to do an action film so badly. That is odd because they never write great action for kids. When the script came in I was so excited because Hit-Girl is a great character. She is crazy athletic and totally an amazing martial artist and marksman. One thing that made me like the character even more is that she is written with such heart. I got to do both action and drama in the same character and that is an actor’s dream.
Kick-Ass has a lot more action than your previous films. What was your favorite aspect of filming an action movie?
It is really tough to choose what was my favorite. I loved learning the martial arts moves. The weapons training that I did at a training center named 8711 was truly amazing! I did gymnastics and poise training also. I spent about a month with a couple of people at the Toronto Circus school and that was fun and challenging. Learning to actually flip a butterfly knife was fun and challenging too. I actually learned to flip two ballisongs at the same time, one in each hand.
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