In April 2014, during an appearance on "The Arsenio Hall Show" Carano said she was considering a return to MMA. In September 2014 Dana White of the UFC said contract negotiations with Carano had stalled. During her appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience 690" podcast, Ronda Rousey said a fight between Gina Carano and herself had been planned for December 2014, but never materialized. Carano starred in the 2005 cult film "Ring Girls". Based on true events, "Ring Girls" is a fast-paced story about five American women from Las Vegas who take on the ultimate challenge of fighting the best Muay Thai fighters in the world. Along with Lisa King, Carano served as a mentor to aspiring fighters in the 2007 Oxygen reality series "Fight Girls". She appeared as "Crush" on the NBC show "American Gladiators", in which she starred in the workout video of the show along with Monica Carlson (Jet), Jennifer Widerstrom (Phoenix), Michael O'Hearn (Titan), Tanoai Reed (Toa) and Don "Hollywood" Yates (Wolf). The DVD was released on December 16, 2008. She appeared in "" as Natasha, a purchasable hero unit, portraying the Soviet sniper/commando in various cut scenes. She is featured in the Michael Jai White film "Blood and Bone" (2009). In September 2009, Carano landed the leading role in the spy thriller movie "Haywire" (2011), directed by Steven Soderbergh. Christy Lemire of The Associated Press stated: "[Carano's] dialogue delivery may seem a bit stiff — and she has acknowledged that Soderbergh made some tweaks to her voice in post-production — but she has tremendous presence: an intriguing mix of muscular power and eye-catching femininity". She describes her knockout fight with co-star Michael Fassbender:   In February 2012, Carano was cast in "In the Blood" (2014), an action thriller directed by John Stockwell. The film is set in motion when a husband disappears while vacationing in the Caribbean with his wife, played by Carano. The grieving wife passionately and recklessly pursues the men whom she believes kidnapped and killed him. Stockwell stated, "This role will showcase not only Gina's fighting skills, but also her acting abilities as her character struggles to [rein] in her violent past." In September 2012, Carano signed on as the lead in an all-female ensemble action film described as the female version of "The Expendables".