People in the UK have only just started to see the character that Michelle Rodriguez plays in Lost – unsurprisingly, she's a feisty, stroppy, mannish-type like in everything else Michelle Rodriguez has ever been in.
But UK viewers of Lost shouldn't get too comfortable watching Michelle Rodriguez be all blokey and aggressive on the telly, because something terrible is bound to happen to her character. And in real life, too – Michelle Rodriguez has been thrown in prison for 60 days. Why? Because she violated another parole by, um, already being in another prison.
On Lost, punishment is pretty instant. Do anything wrong and you'll either be killed by a polar bear or a clever piece of smoke, or else that doctor bloke will tell you a long, dull story about the time he made some girl's leggy-wegs all better. But in real life, things are much more complicated. Just look at Michelle Rodriguez.
Michelle Rodriguez doesn't seem to be the most responsible driver in the world. She was already on probation for all manner of driving offences – like speeding, drink driving and driving without a license – she picked up in LA in 2003 and 2004, but getting thrown into Hawaiian prison last month apparently violated the terms of her probation, and that means one thing – 60 days in prison for Michelle Rodriguez.
Judge Rex Heeseman on Monday told Michelle Rodriguez before chucking her in jail that her sentence also included a 30-day alcohol rehabilitation program and another two-year probation extension. Michelle's jail time must begin no later than next Wednesday. According to People magazine:
A solemn-looking Rodriguez and her attorneys left without making comment, but in New York City late last week, the actress told PEOPLE, "I'm a gypsy. I can see beauty in a jail cell."
That's good, since she'll be able to see a lot of beauty over the course of 60 days. And perhaps all the jail cell beauty appreciation will stop her from worrying about the reason she got sent there in the first place – getting arrested for drink driving in Hawaii and then reportedly shouting:
"I don't fucking belong here! Why don't you just put a gun to my head a shoot me!"
At the arresting officer. Still, at least after 60 days, Michelle Rodriguez can return to to the safety and comfort of her Lost job. Can't she?
Read more:
Michelle Rodriguez Gets 60 Days In Jail – People
[story by Stuart Heritage]
larryk says
Well, no. She CAN’T go back to her Lost job, because her character (Ana Lucia) is DEAD! Ana Lucia and Libby were both shot and killed two weeks ago by Michael, the guy whose son was snatched by the Others. They even held a burial ceremony on camera for the two of them.
After Ms. Rodriguez gets out of jail, and assuming that she can STAY out of jail, perhaps Lost will have her back occasionally for flashbacks. Or maybe Ana Lucia will get resurrected – with Lost, you never know what sort of wierdness they might dream up.
Stuart Heritage says
No! LALALALALA didn’t just read that didn’t just read that didn’t just read that
larryk says
Sorry, Stu. But don’t let it spoil your day. It’s still an entertaining article.