Martial arts expert Gina Carano makes debut in 'Haywire'

She may make most men a bit nervous, but Gina Carano has everyone talking.

Making her Hollywood debut in Haywire this weekend, Carano has been spotted promoting the film this past week. Wednesday night, Carano even shared the red carpet with Gossip Girl star Blake Lively for the New York screening.

Haywire director Steven Soderbergh had been watching the fighter for years, finally designing the lead role to showcase Carano's skills.

Captured by her mix of ferocity and femininity, Soderbergh told Sports Illustrated that he "started thinking how I could build something around her and that's when I started thinking about putting her in a very male-dominated world to navigate through physically and philosophically."

"[Hers] was a type of fighting that I'd never watched before and I thought Gina was extraordinary."

Even her heavyweight co-stars are impressed with Careno.

Speaking with E! Online at the Golden Globes, Ewan McGregor was impressed with Carano, despite accidentally punching her in the head.

"I had a series of three punches, but the third one...for one reason or another I connected really hard on the side of her head," McGregor said. "She was the one who got straight up and said, 'Are you OK?' She was asking me if I was OK! But she was right because I almost broke my friggin' hand!"

Rising to fame as the first prominent woman in mixed martial arts, Carano isn't sure if she's ready to say goodbye to Hollywood just yet.

"It was really fun to creatively express myself in a sport and a passion that I love, without having to try and hurt someone,"Carano said in an interview with USA Today. Though, "The poor stunt guy that I ended up having this reshoot with ended up getting a little bit bloody...He was a good sport about it."

And speculation is rising that she may be the one to bring Wonder Woman to life.

Sports Illustrated says that, "Dependent on how audiences receive Carano in Haywire(and the reviews have been largely positive), there's also another iconic role in the wings that some will say she was born to play. Hollywood hasn't given up on its dream to breathe life into Wonder Woman on the big screen."

Haywire opens January 20th and also stars Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, Antonio Banderas, and Michael Douglas. The film centers around a Black Ops private contractor who is double-crossed.