Michelle Rodriguez admitted she put her foot in her mouth when she said minority actors should stop stealing superhero roles.

The actress posted a video on her Facebook page on Sunday apologizing for the remarks which many online claimed were racist.

On Friday the Fast And The Furious star was asked while leaving a restaurant in LA if she was going to play the comic book superhero the Green Lantern, as was rumored online.

Gaffe: Michelle Rodriguez, seen here leaving a restaurant in West Hollywood on Friday when she called on minority actors to stop stealing white superhero roles

'That’s the dumbest thing I've ever heard,' she replied. 'I think its so stupid, because of this whole “minorities in Hollywood” thing. Its so stupid, stop stealing all the white people’s superheroes. Like, make up your own.'

On Saturday the 36-year-old posted a video saying sorry for sounding 'rude and stupid'.

'I stuck my foot in my mouth once again. I guess it got taken out of context because a lot of people got offended or whatever,' she said. 'I have a tendency to speak without a filter, sorry about that.'

Sorry: The actress posted a video on her Facebook page the following day apologizing for her remarks

Get your own: The 36-year-old said minorities are underrepresented by writers

In the three minute video, Rodriguez can be seen reclining in a Nirvana shirt with a vaporizer resting on her chest, while her cat licks itself clean beside her.

'What I really meant was that... I think there are many cultures in Hollywood that are not white and that can come up with their own mythology,' she said. We all get it from the same reservoir of life, the fountain of life.

'It doesn't matter what culture you come from. I'm just saying that instead of trying to turn a girl character into a guy or instead of trying to turn a white character into a black character or a Latin character, I think that people should stop being lazy and people should actually make an effort in Hollywood to develop their own mythology.'

Foot in mouth: In her video, Michelle (and her cat) said writers should stop being lazy and come up with original storylines for black, Asian and Latino characters, instead of shoehorning them into existing white characters

My bad: The Fast And The Furious star said she was sorry for sounding rude and stupid

The actress was referring to the recent trend of changing the race or gender of white male superheroes, which started with black actor Michael Clarke Duncan being cast as Kingpin in 2003's Daredevil.

Since then, white comic book characters The Human Torch, Aquaman and Nick Fury have been cast by Michael B. Jordan, Jason Momoa, Samuel L Jackson respectively, while Marvel recently announced that the next Thor would be female.

'I'm just saying that the different cultures from around the world that are in Hollywood: Latin, black, Asian, [are] considered “minorities” because there aren’t a lot of writers representing them, they should start focusing on making that a serious priority,' she continued.

Michael B. Jordan, Michael Clarke Duncan, Samuel L Jackson and Jason Momoa have all been cast as comic book characters who were originally white

Nice ring: DC's Jessica Cruz as Power Ring, who is set to join the Green Lantern Corps in the comic, and was the role Michelle was rumored to be linked to

'It's not about taking Catwoman or Superman or Green Lantern or whatever these characters are and trying to make them fit to whatever cultural background you are. I just feel like it should be more creative than that and I think people need to stop being lazy and that's what I meant by my comment.

'It’s time to stop trying to take what's already there and try to fit a culture into it, I think it's time to write our own mythology and our own story, every culture. That’s what I really meant, and I’m sorry if it came off rude or stupid, its not what I meant,' she concluded.

Ironically, the character Rodruigez is rumored to be playing - the Green Lantern - is essentially the most diverse superhero in all DC canon, in that 'Green Lantern' is not actually a person but a corps, made up of thousands of different genders and races - including black and white humans.

And despite the actresses 'lazy' accusation at screenwriters, the specific character she has been linked to - Jessica Cruz - is a Latino woman who already exists in the comic book world, although she is not yet a Green Lantern.