Rita Ora on villain in new Descendants: “I wanted to surprise people”

After establishing himself as one of the most powerful voices in pop internationally, Rita Ora has been venturing into cinema. In 2015, she made her big screen debut in the erotic romance Fifty Shades of grey as the passionate Mia Grey.

Years later, in 2019, she played Dr. Anne Laurent, antagonist of Pokémon: Detective Pikachuwho performed experiments on the beloved little monsters. Now, the artist indulges in evil by embodying the Queen of Hearts in Descendants: The Rising of Cupswhich arrives on Disney+ this Friday (12), showing an evil side of Ritawith which she hopes to surprise everyone.

“Wow, Rita plays a great villain!”

In the film, humiliated as a teenager, Queen of Hearts wants revenge on Auradon and takes advantage of an invitation to visit the homeland of all heroes and villains to put his plans into practice. Now, it’s up to his rebellious daughter, Red (Kylie Cantrall, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), find out what hurt the mother and stop her from doing more damage.

In an interview with Rolling Stone Brazil, Rita Ora said that, since childhood, she has always been obsessed with Disney villains and fulfilled a dream by joining the franchise Descendants: “I’ve always wanted to play a Disney princess. But I’ve also always loved the more villainous characters, like Ursula [de A Pequena Sereia] and that spicy way of yours”he declared.

For the artist, embodying a villain as evil as Queen of Hearts — whose version of Helena Bonham Carter in Alice in Wonderland (2010) is still very fresh in people’s minds — it was an opportunity to show a version of yourself that people didn’t know yet:

“I wanted to surprise people. ‘Wow, the Rita plays a great villain!’ Because I’m very talkative and my music career is so different”revealed.

Musical was an even bigger challenge

In production, Rita still sings in the song “Love Ain’t It”one of the highlights of the musical. But for those who think that this would be a piece of cake for the artist, who has three studio albums released, in addition to partnerships with artists such as Baby Rexha, Cardi B, Charli XCX, Iggy Azalea, Liam Payne It is Anittayou are completely wrong.

“Musicals are much harder, because you’re shooting a movie too. It’s a long time, it’s a lot of hours and the costumes are heavy. There’s a lot involved. The choreography, the lights, the crew… So, it wasn’t easy, but it was so beautiful.”he stated.

“Because being a musical artist, it’s an easy transition to doing musicals, but doing it the right way is really important. As an actress, I really wanted to challenge myself as much as I could.”completed the artist.

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