Michelle Rodriguez Says Jehovah's Witness Upbringing Made Hollywood Feel Like 'Devil's World' at 48
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 20
Michelle Rodriguez Says Jehovah's Witness Upbringing Made Hollywood Feel Like 'Devil's World' at 48
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 20
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At a 25th-anniversary screening of 2001's "The Fast and the Furious," Michelle Rodriguez said her Jehovah's Witness upbringing made early Hollywood feel like the "devil's world" when she was 20.
Rodriguez told People that strict religious rules left her detached from the movie business, even as she embraced the physical side of acting—driving cars, training and performing behavior she said was forbidden in real life.
Vin Diesel cast her as Letty Ortiz after seeing "Girlfight," giving Rodriguez one of her first major roles after just two independent films, including "3 A.M."
The comments echo earlier accounts of her upbringing: in 2020 she said birthdays, Halloween and even Disney films were treated as evil, and in 2015 she said the religion had "scarred" her for life.