emily browning was passed over for a role in sucker punch
jena malone has stated that her daily routine comprised four hours of warmups and mixed martial arts wushu training then three hours of weight training then firearms training and tactical positioning and then poledancing lessons
however betsy sharkey of the los angeles times suggested that the film neither objectifies nor empowers women and is instead a wonderfully wild provocation  an imperfect overlong intemperate and utterly absorbing romp through the id that i wouldnt have missed for the world