Michelle Rodriguez apologized Saturday for her remarks on minority actors in traditionally white superhero roles.
The 36-year-old actress ruffled feathers with her comments to TMZ on Friday. Rodriguez dismissed Green Lantern rumors as "the dumbest thing [she's] ever heard," and declared, "I think it's so stupid ... because of this whole 'minorities in Hollywood' thing ... it's like, stop stealing all the white people's superheroes, like, make up your own."
Rodriguez later took to Facebook to clarify and apologize for her remarks. The actress said she thought her comments were taken out of context "because a lot of people got offended," and apologized for her "tendency to speak without a filter."
"It's time to stop," she asserted. "Stop trying to take what's already there and fit a culture into it. I think it's time for us to write our own mythology and our own story -- every culture. So that's what I meant. And I'm sorry if it came off rude or stupid -- that's not what I meant. Cheers."
Rodriguez last appeared as Luz in Machete Kills, and is scheduled to reprise Letty Ortiz in Furious 7. The Fast & Furious sequel opens in theaters April 3, and co-stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw and late actor Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner.
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