Rita Ora talks Fast & Furious 6 role

Rita Ora has confirmed her role in the upcoming Fast & Furious 6 movie, revealing that she didn’t steal the role from Rihanna.

The singer recently told Digital Spy that she will play the “head girl” of a London racing crew in the Vin Diesel action sequel.

“They needed a head girl [for] the girl drivers of London town,” she said. “They asked me, ‘Would you mind being the leader of the pack in London?’

“I was like, ‘Of course, I’d love to’. And I think it summed up a great year for me, life kind of changed last year, so I did feel like a cool little leader when I was playing that role.”

Ora added that she will act as a race starter, coming “in and out” of the blockbuster for several scenes.

“I didn’t actually have time to rehearse any stunts because I literally got asked the day before the whole set was finished,” she explained. “I had to kind of come in and shoot it at the last minute.”

Despite speculation that Ora stepped in to replace Rihanna in the film, the popstar said that she was unaware of the rumours prior to her casting.

“That’s the first time I’ve heard of it,” she said. “No, I don’t know. I mean, I’ve never heard that.”

The 22-year-old confessed that she is keen to get more involved in films, both on screen and creating entire soundtracks in the vein of Drive’s electro album.

“Wherever the world takes me. I would love to do a movie,” she said before her acoustic performance at the launch of the Sony Xperia Z and Xperia Tablet Z at Mobile World Congress 2013.

“I’d love to do a whole soundtrack to a movie. I’d love to even have a feeling about what I can do. Because soundtracks to movies are really important and you know, the Drive soundtrack I thought was really incredible. I think it’s a big deal to have a great soundtrack for a movie.”

Fast & Furious 6, starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson, will open in cinemas on May 24.