Commentary: Michelle Rodriguez Not All Wrong In Slamming 'Diversity' ; NBC News, 3/2/15

Jack Rico, NBC News; Commentary: Michelle Rodriguez Not All Wrong In Slamming 'Diversity' :

"In case you missed it this past weekend, Dominican and Puerto Rican actress Michelle Rodriguez was caught on video in Los Angeles coming out of a restaurant when a TMZ reporter asked her if she will be playing the The Green Lantern role in the upcoming Justice League series of films for Warner Bros.

Rodriguez laughingly answered: "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard. I think it's so stupid because of this whole minorities in Hollywood thing. It's so stupid. Stop stealing all the white people's superheroes. Make up your own. What's up with that?"

The question the video reporter asked Rodriguez is legitimate. The internet has been running amuck with speculation that Warner Bros. executives might be using the Jessica Cruz character angle from the DC Comics storyline. In the comics, an alternate reality universe was created where the popular superhero The Green Lantern is a Hispanic woman by the name of Jessica Cruz. Rodriguez was one of the names being thrown around for the movie adaptation."