SmurfStorm is girl power-oriented just like me: Rodriguez

Los Angeles April 11 (IANS) Actress Michelle Rodriguez says she is fiery and feisty and girl power-oriented like her character SmurfStorm.

In the forthcoming animated film Smurfs - The Lost Village the Girlfight star has voiced the role of SmurfStorm.

Talking about the role she said in a statement: SmurfStorm is a handful. She s fierce and totally protective of her fellow Smurfs her team. They re her family. She ll do whatever it takes to take care of them.

Rodriguez says she s like her character in more ways than one.

I m kind of fiery and feisty just like SmurfStorm. We re both pretty girl power-oriented. So yeah there might be some typecasting there but then I m also very connected to my friends and protective of them. So in that way SmurfStorm is just like me.

Directed by Kelly Asbury Smurfs: The Lost Village also features the voices of Demi Lovato Joe Manganiello Ariel Winter and Julia Roberts among others.

Sony Pictures Entertainment India s Smurfs: The Lost Village is set to release on April 21.

--IANS
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