Not happy with her success in MMA, wrestling and writing, Ronda Rousey is moving into scriptwriting.
The former Raw Women’s Champion recently released her second book, Our Fight. Ronda Rousey has been making waves with some comments in, and made about, the book. This had led to significant blowback, which includes Jimmy Smith’s expletive-laden rant about Rousey from her time in WWE and UFC.
However, that has not stopped her making deals to tell her story on the big screen. Ronda Rousey is set to pen the script for her own biopic, with Netflix securing the rights.
Deadline report that a deal was originally struck with Paramount in 2015. The studio reportedly acquired the rights to her first memoir, My Fight/Your Fight, although the rights eventually lapsed.
Netflix eventually acquired the rights to the film, with Netflix executive Michelle Evans reportedly a huge fan of the former MMA star. Deadline’s sources report that Ronda Rousey is set to pen her own biopic. This is a rarity in TV and film.
The production will be based on both of her books, including her latest release.
Netflix have not commented on the reports.
Ronda Rousey Wishes She Could Have Been A Heel In WWE More
Ronda Rousey revealed on the Diary Of A CEO podcast that she wishes she had more chances to be a heel in WWE. She noted that the criticism she took as a face took its toll. Rousey would have found it easier as a heel instead.
“I mean, you know, it starts off like that. At first, when everything is going great, I look at the comments like the morning newspaper. I’d wake up in the morning and look at my comments. I’d look at my tag photos. That’s so unhealthy. But after my first loss, I quit cold turkey. I feel like that was one thing I needed to do, to not need that outside validation and stuff. Especially from the internet and social media and stuff.”
“I was kind of like spiralling, in a way. Kind of giving it too much stock in my emotional stake. And then pro wrestling, you’re literally in front of a crowd that is the embodiment of a comments section. That’s also why I really enjoy being a heel which I wish they would have let me be a heel more often, because I feel like I was happiest when I wasn’t trying to placate to the crowd. Purposely, trying to piss them off and get a rise out of them, not trying to constantly pander.”
