Warning: This article contains spoilers fromDescendants: The Rise of Red.
BrandytaughtRita Oraan important lesson while filmingDescendants: The Rise of Red: Stop apologizing so much!
“Iconic,” Ora says of that entire coup scene.
Rita Ora and Brandy in ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’.Disney/Quantrell Colbert
“‘Off with her head!’
“And Brandy’s like, ‘Can you stop?
You are in character, do what you better do.’
Rita Ora in ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’.Disney/Quantrell Colbert
And I was like, ‘But just remember, I love you!’
And then we’d get back into it.
It was great.”
“Oh my gosh, it’s crazy I did a movie with Brandy!”
Ora says with a smile.
“I mean, I love her so much.
I loved her music growing up.
She was one of the vocalists that I would try and imitate every day in my bedroom.
And watching herCinderellawith Whitney Houston was so iconic for so many reasons.
It made me believe in myself like, ‘Oh my goodness, I can do this too.'”
Watching Brandy flourish as both a singer and an actor inspired Ora as she charted her own career.
“This was so fun, and she gave me so much advice, and we sang together.
I love her.”
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“Cards flying everywhere,” she says.
“There was a magician on set, literally teaching me how to hold cards.
A lot went into this.
It’s definitely become my party trick.”
Descendants: The Rise of Redis now streaming on Disney+.
