Peter Berg cast Rihanna in 'Battleship' for 'urban swagger'

'I spent a lot of time in the Navy thinking about who would make sense and who would bring an urban swagger to this character,' Berg explained of his idea to cast Rihanna...

From Shadow and Act:

“I spent a lot of time in the Navy thinking about who would make sense and who would bring an urban swagger to this character,” Berg explained of his idea to cast Rihanna. “Put a call in, had a great couple of meetings, and she’s a great girl, really hard-working, very smart, wants to be good, really strong work ethic, no attitude, no diva nonsense. She was great.”

Director Peter Berg on casting Rihanna in next summer’s Battleship – the upcoming Universal Studios big-budgeted, live action adaptation of Hasbro’s naval combat board game.

Umm… ok.

WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘BATTLESHIP’ HERE:
[youtubevid http://youtube.com/watch?v=qDMXkPfxjOc]

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