MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ SAYS JEHOVAH’S WITNESS UPBRINGING MADE HER SEE HOLLYWOOD AS THE “DEVIL’S WORLD” WHEN SHE LANDED FAST & FURIOUS ROLE. (PHOTO).

 Michelle Rodriguez says Jehovah’s Witness upbringing made her see Hollywood as the “devil’s world” when she landed Fast & Furious role

Michelle Rodriguez says her strict Jehovah’s Witness upbringing left her feeling like Hollywood was already the “devil’s world” when she landed her breakthrough role in Fast & Furious.

The actress, 48, reflected on her early career at a 25th anniversary screening of the original 2001 film in Los Angeles on Monday. 

At the time, Rodriguez had appeared in only two independent films, Girlfight and 3 A.M., before being cast as Letty Ortiz.

“I came from a Jehovah’s Witness background at the time,” Rodriguez said, according to People. “So it’s like none of this really means anything to me.”

She said her upbringing meant she was not particularly impressed by Hollywood or the movie itself when she was around 20.

“You’re dealing with a kid who’s not affected. 

"I’m already playing in the so-called devil’s world in my mind as a 20-year-old,” she said.

Rodriguez was still learning what it meant to be an actor in New York when Vin Diesel saw her performance in Girlfight and wanted her character to become his character’s girlfriend in Fast & Furious.

The actress said she was more interested in the physical side of the role than the Hollywood attention.

“I really loved being able to get in a car, train, learn how to shoot guns, learn how to race cars,” she said. 

“To me, that was the exciting thing. Doing things that you weren’t allowed to do in real life. Break windows, be violent, all that stuff.”