Lots of people have suggested that the next movie RiRi should be in is a remake of the Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner classic, The Bodyguard. The story is currently being brought up to date as Warner Bros have hired Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer to write a new script. RiRi was reported to be shortlisted for the part, but in March 2011 she told OK! Magazine that there was no chance she would be appearing in the movie.
She said: ‘I hate it when singers do singing movies all the time, because you can never look at them as anybody else.
‘I want to play a character. My whole life is playing Rihanna, being a singer [in a movie] won’t be a stretch for me. I like challenges and being an actor is playing a role, being able to step into somebody else’s shoes, that’s the excitement.’
In saying she wouldn’t play the new Rachel Marron, Rihanna is proving that she wants to be a serious actress: she doesn’t want easy parts.
She has also been linked to a remake of The Last Dragon, which is due for release in 2012. The original movie came out in 1985. The producer RZA said as long ago as December 2008 that he wanted Rihanna to play the TV music video host Laura Charles, and at the start of 2011, reports in the media suggested that she had agreed and would be starring in the film.