Rita Ora Reveals Advice Brandy Gave Her On ‘Descendants: The Rise Of Red’ Set

Rita Ora recieved some valuable advice from Brandy , one queen to another, on their new Disney+ movie.

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The You & I artist explained why the Cinderella (1997) star told her to “stop” apologizing on the set of Descendants: The Rise of Red , which is now available to stream on Disney+ ahead of its August 9 Disney Channel premiere.

She recalled filming an “iconic” coup scene in which her Queen of Hearts character takes Brandy’s Cinderella as a hostage. “‘Off with her head!’ It’s a very iconic quote for Queen of Hearts, and I was trying to find my version of that,” Ora told Entertainment Weekly .

But Ora found it difficult pretending to be mean to the Moesha alum, whom she “would try and imitate every day in my bedroom” as a kid.

“Every scene after that, I would be like, ‘I’m so sorry, I don’t mean it,'” she added. “And Brandy’s like, ‘Can you stop? You are in character, do what you need to do.’ And I was like, ‘But just remember, I love you!’ And then we’d get back into it. It was great.”

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Ora said that “watching her Cinderella with Whitney Houston was so iconic for so many reasons. It made me believe in myself — like, ‘Oh my goodness, I can do this too.'”

“This was so fun, and she gave me so much advice, and we sang together. I love her,” said Ora, adding with a laugh: “I think I was more fanning out than she was, but it’s fine.”

Descendants: The Rise of Red sees the Queen of Heart’s rebellious daughter Red ( Kylie Cantrall ) teaming up with Cinderella’s perfectionist daughter Chloe ( Malia Baker ) as they travel back in time in attempt to undo the traumatic event that sent her mother down a villainous path.

The fourth installment in the Descendants franchise reunites Brandy with Paolo Montalban , reprising his role as Prince (now King) Charming from the Wonderful World of Disney’s 1997 remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

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