Rihanna shot down rumors that she would be taking on the starring role in a remake of the 1992 Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner hit The Bodyguard. The singer stressed to Chelsea Handler that she had no interest in starring in films where she played a singer, opting instead for roles that were a little less like her real life persona.
“Absolutely not," Rihanna responded when asked if she was lobbying for the part. "I want to separate the two. 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 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.”
