Michelle Rodriguez is a talented actress who has made a name for herself in Hollywood with her versatile acting skills. Rodriguez began her acting career in the late 1990s, with her breakout role coming in the 2000 film Girlfight, for which she won critical acclaim. Since then, she has appeared in several high-profile movies and TV shows, including the Fast and Furious franchise, Avatar, Lost, and much more.
The S.W.A.T. actress has shocked everyone by revealing that she turned down the blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water only because she felt that she has been brought back from death in several hit franchises, and needed to die at least in Avatar.
Michelle Rodriguez On Turning Down The Avatar: The Way of Water
In the 2009 blockbuster movie Avatar, Michelle Rodriguez played the role of Trudy Chacon, a skilled pilot who works for a military contractor that is trying to exploit the resources of the planet Pandora. Her character is depicted as courageous and is ultimately shown dead in the explosion.
In an interview, the Lost actress revealed that when James Cameron approached her to bring back her character in the sequel, she refused immediately as she felt that she has been resurrected from death in several other franchises in the past including Fast & Furious, and thus decided to not come back in the Avatar: The Way of Water.
“Dude, when I saw Jim recently, he was like, ‘I was thinking, What if Michelle came back? A lot of the other characters came back [in The Way of Water]. I was like, ‘You can’t do that—I died as a martyr. We can’t do a fourth, that would be overkill’.”
Michelle Rodriguez On Her Character’s Dubious Deaths
The Fast & Furious actress revealed her explanation for the comeback of her character in the sequels of several franchises after being shown dead in their prequels. Michelle Rodriguez added that her character generally lacks a love interest in most of her movies and thus the makers have no idea whether her character should be brought back in the sequels or not.
“I don’t understand, it’s so weird. I guess they don’t know what to do with the girl who doesn’t have a boyfriend. ‘she doesn’t have a boyfriend. Should we keep her alive, or kill her?”
It looked like Rodriguez had her reasons to turn down Avatar: The Way of Water. The Lost actress has surely not made her come back in the Avatar franchise but continues to work in other franchises like Fast & Furious. Rodriguez will soon appear in Fast X, the tenth installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, which will release on May 9, 2023.
Source: Vanity Fair
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