Michelle Rodriguez in my eyes

"Rush 8" Letty: Drunk Driving Hit-and-Run In reality, it is also a biker party: With the release of "Fast and Furious 8" in China, the open car party has returned again, in addition to the villain Charlize Theron, the "first sister" of the biker party, Letty, is definitely the first heroine.

Like the characters in the film, her character, Michel Rodriguez, is also a typical true temperament girl. She is one of the very few actors in Hollywood who can play hardcore female characters to the end, and does not mind being stereotyped; She has always believed that if she can't see her own shadow in the role, it is better not to play it at all.

Perhaps, this is the reason why she can continue to play Letty, because in real life, she is a true speeding party, and has been sent to women's prison many times for drunk driving, speeding, hit-and-run, etc. With her there, the media and the judges are not worried about being busy.

Michelle Rodriguez has been a wild boy since childhood

He was swept out of five schools

Michelle Rodriguez was born on July 12, 1978 in Bell County, Texas, to Puerto Rican parents. At the age of 8, the family moved to Dominica and two years later to Puerto Rico for a year.

Later, because their father got a position at New York University, they moved to New Jersey near New York. After many relocations, Michelle's parents eventually divorced, and she moved again to live with her mother and grandmother.

The turbulent life from childhood also allowed Michelle to develop a wild boy personality, from changing schools due to family relocation, to being swept out of five schools without discipline, and finally dropping out of high school before graduating.

Years later, she explained, "I don't want to be a nine-to-five work puppet. I've never been the Barbie-like girl who just wants to get married and have children. I would put on a button-down shirt and jeans, sit cross-legged, pour beer, and pose like I didn't need a man's protection. ”

Although Michelle didn't even finish high school, she always dreamed of becoming a film screenwriter. During the two years she spent working and studying in New York, she found that actors were more respected than screenwriters, so she decided to save the country by curve and become an actor first.

Michelle Rodriguez auditioned for a "disaster" one

She was awarded the role of heroine

But Michelle is actually terrified of the audition, because she has seen too many friends who dream of being an actress and have failed to return. Just as she was about to give up, an advertisement appeared in the newspaper: "Find a heroine for the movie "Girls Punch" and play a boxer in the film, and ask to be Latino." ”

"It's pretty much tailor-made for me. First, I'm Latino, second, I'm willing to play the lead role, and most of the girls I've seen on the third screen are weak and can't help but be windy, and if they pull a group fight, they can't even kick my ass. How can I fail?" Michelle said to herself, "In theory, this is not an audition at all, but a call from the character to me." ”

Although director Kareen Kusama described the audition as a "disaster" afterwards, she gave the role to Michelle, only because the other 350 actresses competing were less than half as strong as she was: "Michelle seems to have something unusual, she has a wild simplicity, a tough image and a brilliant intelligence." Compared to experience, her confidence, energy and personality are more impressive. ”

Before filming began, Michelle spent 4 months, five to six days a week in physical and physical training, while also taking acting classes. But her efforts paid off quickly after the film's release — and critics rallied, even comparing her to "sexy beast" Marlon Brando.

Michel Rodriguez never shy away from being stereotyped

Just want to prove that women can be strong too

Since then, each of Michelle's characters has been muscular, including Fast and Furious. It was her second audition, and she also won the favor of casting directors without suspense. At that time, she didn't even have a driver's license, so she had to hurry up and take a driver's license during the training drag racing scene.

No one expected that "Fast and Furious" would be filmed for 16 years. During this time, Michelle fought zombies alongside Mira Jovovich in Resident Evil and suffered from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) in the Lost series.

He was an all-round mercenary in "Avatar", beat an alien in "The Battle of Los Angeles", showed off his body and licked blood in "Machete Killing"... In short, in the 17 years since she was an artist, she has been a complete special actor.

The average actor is very taboo about "being stereotyped", and even those actors who can't speak clearly will say that they want to try more abnormal roles when talking to you about their careers.

But Michelle Rodriguez is different, she feels that there is nothing wrong with being stereotyped: "I have been stereotyped since I played "Girls Punch". If tomorrow I'm suddenly upset, I can go to an Indian movie and play a girl who has suffered a lot, or a girl who has been raped, a mentally disturbed role, and get one or two actor awards.

But that's not what I want, I just want to play roles that I respect or that I think are interesting. I'm here to entertain the masses, but also to show that women can be as strong and powerful, which is what I've been doing since I was an artist. ”

And Michelle in life does not like to dress too feminine. "I want people to listen carefully to what I say instead of just lamenting how hot I am. I've found that the most effective thing is to smell your armpits or sit down and burp, and the quasi-guarantee scares everyone away.

There have been a few chances to play a hot play and I could be the next Jennifer Lopez. But it's too easy to do, and I like the harder way. ”

All over my body I like my brain the most. I wouldn't be satisfied no matter how perfect my body shape is, unless I'm smart enough to know how to use my body.

[The Other Side of the Lady]

Screenwriter Dream prefers doomsday and female themes

During the promotion of Super 6, Michelle Rodriguez talked about her former screenwriting dream, saying that she already had two screenplays in the works, and she decided to focus on writing scripts for a year. One is her "2012-style doomsday prophecy that sprouted from the age of 15."

The animals suddenly went crazy, vowing to "take the place of skywalker" and eliminate all impurities from the world. The protagonist is a group of 12-year-old children, just like "Moonrise Kingdom".

The other is an American remake of the German film "The Blue Wave Thief," "the story of four escaped female prisoners who are chased by federal agents while shaking the world with rock music." I'm writing the American version of the script for free because I haven't seen a strong enough female movie in a long time. ”

Unfortunately, both scripts have not yet been visualized, and she eventually stopped her vacation and returned to the "Super 7" crew.

　It has to be said that Letty in "Fast and Furious" is the character tailored for Michelle Rodriguez.