Michelle Rodriguez, who has built her career off of playing rough-around-the-edges women who can truly kick ass, has revealed that she is really picky about the parts she chooses.
The 36-year-old said that she can't be the slut, cannot be just the girlfriend, can't be the girl who gets empowered because she's been raped and can't be the girl who gets empowered and then dies, Us Magazine reported.
The 'Furious and' star said that since her requirements have limited her options in Hollywood, she just said to herself "You're going to just have to create your own archetype, doesn't matter if you go broke doing it."
She added that and she almost did go broke, twice, but people finally got it: "Ok, Michelle is not malleable, you're not going to influence her by shining fame and money at her, and they stopped offering me that sort of stuff.
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