Letty is back once again.
Michelle Rodriguezrevealed in a talk at theBloomberg Equality Summit in London on Thursdaythat she would be reprising her character in the upcoming 9thFast and Furiousmovie after previously throwing her participation into question.
But at the talk, Rodriguez revealed that Universal Pictures agreed with her and hired a female writer. The studio’s decision resulted in Rodriguez signing on for the next one.
“Yeah, I’m gonna do 9,” Rodriguez confirmed. “Donna [Langley, Chairman of Universal Pictures] came on board, the woman came on board at the studio, and agreed to have that female voice on board so the guys aren’t basically interpreting that female voice on paper. ‘Cause it’s annoying, I rewrite all my stuff! I’m tired of being a writer and an actress, you know? It’s kind go cool that I had that freedom, but it’s frivolous.”
FAST & FURIOUS 6, Michelle Rodriguez, 2013. ph: Giles Keyte/©Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I felt like there wasn’t enough of a female voice in the franchise. I can count with two hands how many times I spoke to my female colleagues,” she explained. “Like Jordana, who played the sister. I’ve been in the franchise for 16 years, and I can count on both hands how many times we’ve actually had a conversation on screen, and I thought that was pathetic. And I said if I’m coming back, I really want there to be a female writer to give it a female voice, and finally they showed me some love.”
Rodriguez made the threat to leave the franchise in June 2017, whenThe Fate of the Furiousmade its digital debut.
The nextFast and Furiousmovie to hit screens isHobbs & Shaw, a spinoff focusing on Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham’s characters.
source: people.com
