Rihanna is taking the next
step in her acting career!
Director Luc Besson announced
on Wednesday that the superstar has a “big part” in his upcoming
movie.
RiRi will appear alongside
Clive Owen, Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan in “Valerian and the City of a
Thousand Planets,” a sci-fi epic adapted from the popular French graphic
novel series.
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“RIHANNA
is in VALERIAN!!!!” the filmmaker wrote on Instagram, captioning a
photograph of the singer. “And she has a big part!! I’m Sooo
excited!!!”
No
details about the character have been confirmed, but Besson’s previous work
with his leading ladies may already have Rihanna fans excited.
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The
BAFTA winner launched the careers of Natalie Portman and Milla Jovovich with
’90s thrillers “The Professional” and “The Fifth Element,”
respectively, and he also
helmed the 2014 Scarlett Johansson mind-bender “Lucy.”
While
Rihanna does have some big screen experience to her name, “Valerian”
could be her highest-profile movie role to date. She previously appeared in
2012’s “Battleship,” and cameoed as herself in 2013’s “This is
the End.”
“Valerian
and the City of a Thousand Planets” is due out sometime in 2017.
— Erin Biglow
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