Rose McGowan Explains Why Red Sonja Never Happened  08.11.11 by
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Next week, actress Rose McGowan will be appearing on the big
screen as Marique, a beautiful and deadly witch in director
Marcus Nispel's Conan: The Barbarian. However, not too long ago,
McGowan was set to headline her own swords-and-sandals epic
spinning out of the world of Conan as the title character in
Robert Rodriguez's Red Sonja. Rodriguez has said in the past
that the movie never happened because of rights and financing
issues, but McGowan revealed in a recent interview in support of
Conan: The Barbarian that "massive nerve damage" in her arm
ultimately prevented her from playing the "She-Devil with a
Sword."  I had three surgeries on [my elbow] and they took part
of my bone out. I was paralyzed, except for the ends of my
fingers. And, over the course of a year, it got progressively
worse. It was just massive nerve damage. So, if I hurt it again,
there's nothing more they can do