Posted by S.D. on 3/21/2002, 5:55 am

Michelle Rodriguez is taking this whole Method Acting thing a bit too far. The 23-year-old actress--who showed off her puglistic prowess in the star-making indie boxing saga Girlfight and currently kicks ass onscreen in Resident Evil--was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly getting into some real-life fisticuffs with another woman in Rodriguez's Jersey City home. According to the police report, the 22-year-old woman--who refused to be identified but apparently lived with the actress--accused Rodriguez of coming into one of the apartment's bedrooms and interrupting the other woman while she was lying in bed talking on the phone. For some reason left unexplained in the police report, Rodriguez forcibly disconnected the phone, landed a blow across the other woman's right eye and started pulling her hair. When the woman tried to leave, Rodriguez blocked the door, and the woman apparently pulled a Mike Tyson on her and bit her on the arm. The tussle spilled onto the street, where the thespian, with fists clenched, again allegedly pummeled the victim in the face and pulled her hair. The report stated that when police arrived on the scene, they witnessed Rodriguez threatening to get Resident Evil on the other woman, saying, "I'm going to beat you up if you don't leave." Rodriguez was charged with simple assault and one count of making a terrorist threat. She eventually entered a plea of not guilty and released on $2,500 bail. The actress was also taken to Jersey City Medical Center for treatment for the bite on her arm.