MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ ON SEASHEPHARD

MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, the feisty helicopter pilot from AVATAR and hell-bent for action taco truck driver in MACHETE, has announced that she will be joining Capt. Paul Watson and the crew of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on its next Antarctic campaign. A longtime proponent of ecological issues, RODRIGUEZ admits that it was her involvement with AVATAR and her friendship with JAMES CAMERON that heightened her awareness of "green" causes. We sat down with MACHETE stars RODRIGUEZ and JESSICA ALBA to catch up when RODRIGUEZ explained her motivations for getting even more involved than she's been in the past. MACHETE opens in theaters today AVATAR: SPECIAL EDITION is in select cities/theaters