Rihanna is aware of precisely who she’d need “to pretend to be me” in a biopic of her life.
The Grammy winner appeared visibly touched by the query Monday when requested on the purple carpet of her Fenty Hair launch occasion and presumably realized, like the remainder of us, that her rise from pop star to billionaire cosmetics mogul would make for an attention-grabbing venture.
“Taylor Russell,” Rihanna advised E! Information on the celebratory Los Angeles fete. “You know why? ’Cause she got, like, a nice forehead. She’s, like, fly. And I feel like I want to be her, so I want her to pretend to be me. I want people to see me in that light.”
Whereas the biopic in query stays merely hypothetical at this level, Russell has already confirmed herself a worthy contender, profitable the Marcello Mastroianni Award on the Venice Movie Competition for her efficiency in “Bones and All” (2022) at 27 years outdated.
Russell has but to publicly touch upon the shoutout and is presently in pre-production on “Hope,” a Korean thriller co-starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. Rihanna, too, appears busier than ever — regardless of lately donning a T-shirt that declared “I’m Retired.”
Followers eagerly awaiting a brand new album had been devastated till Rihanna cleared issues up.
“I have been working on the album for so long that I kinda just like put all that stuff aside,” she advised “Entertainment Tonight” on the purple carpet. “And now I’m prepared to go back in the studio. So now I’m prepared. So I’m gonna start. So don’t, you know…[bug me about it].”
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Russell was romantically linked to Harry Types earlier than their break up final month and is arguably an ideal option to play the “Diamonds” singer. She not solely dreamt of being a ballet dancer earlier than moving into performing however has expertise singing publicly as effectively.
“I sang when I was 13 in front of my whole school, a Destiny’s Child song,” the actor advised “W Magazine” in 2023. “I don’t know why I decided to do that because it was really embarrassing. I wasn’t into it at that moment, I would do it now, though.”
