All of you RiRi fans out there (literally everyone) will be pleased to know that Valerian—featuring Rihanna in an acting role—came out last week. In the film about life on Earth in the 28th century, based on the ‘60s french comicbook Valerian et Laureline, Rihanna plays a shape shifting dancer named Bubble who helps save the world with her mates Cara DeLevingne and Ryan DeHaan. Her role as an ‘alien stripper’ is a total match made in heaven for Rihanna and her ever changing outfits and hairstyles, and because of that she does a fab job. She is a really good actor and dancer, in my honest opinion. The reason she is so good in Valerian is because at this point Rihanna is an experienced actor.
The Ocean’s Eleven spin-off film Ocean’s Eight is in production right now, and that features Rih Rih in one of the lead roles as Eight Ball: a gothic rastafarian ‘super babe’ with dreads. She has also featured in a number of other films before, in much smaller roles. But after seeing all the promo for Ocean’s Eight, and the ‘first look’ pic Rih Rih put out earlier this month: featuring her and the super famous all girl cast, in a NYC subway car, on the way to rob someone (or some place) during the Met Gala; it is my guess that Ocean’s Eight will be her biggest and best acting role to date…
So in lieu of Valerian’s release, and in anticipation of Ocean’s Eight, I put together a list of all the films that feature Rihanna, in order of most fav to most average. Now you have something to do between now and when that comes out in June next year…
- By: Sabina McKenna