Former Model and Batwoman fame Wallis Day can take a punch and can swing a few too. Looking at her, you may not get an idea of her fighting prowess; but the actress is actually trained in MMA. She took it very seriously and once wanted to explore Wushu and Muay Thai.
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Wallis Day is set to appear alongside Mark Wahlberg in ‘Red Sonja’. The actress talked about her teenage and how she got into modeling. She also talked about her martial arts affinity and how it helped her in her acting career. Wallis started her career as a model at 15 and then studied dramatics and arts.
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Taking to the media, Wallis Day said, “I’ve had my teeth knocked out. Yeah, we don’t f*ck about in London.” Talking about her MMA training, Day said, “I got to a point with MMA where I wanted to explore Wushu and Muay Thai and all the different realms of it. All of that really fascinated me. And watching it and moving, I understood how I could use it for film,”
Wallis Day feels her MMA training helped her in front of the camera
Wallis Day is well known for her work in negative roles. Her work was noted in ‘Infinite‘ as Agent Shin, alongside Mark Wahlberg. She also lit up the good girl role she played in CW’s Batwoman. Day’s MMA training has helped her do some amazing action and adventure sequences in her movies.
Wallis Day used to distribute newspapers in her community when she was 15. She used to get a lot of compliments about her looks and people seemed to say, “You look like a model” quite often to her. This made her apply to a London-based modeling agency, Model 1.
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Once she signed with Model 1, Day was the youngest model at the agency for the next three years. She also used to go to shoots and parties with her other model friends and reach school with shades and coffee and a copy of Vogue tucked under her arm. Day further said that she used her modeling money to fund her studies at Sylvia Young Theatre School and Arts Educational Schools.
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Martial Arts is not the only sport Wallis Day is good at. She is a trained swimmer and was preparing to go to the 2012 summer Olympics, but later left it to focus on her acting career. Looking at her career, she seems to have made the right choice. Are you a Wallis Day fan?
