Rita Ora fluffed her lines in 50 Shades of Grey

Singer couldn't remember her lines for debut acting role
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Rachael Sigee30 July 2014
The Weekender

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Rita Ora admits she had to have someone saying her lines through an earpiece because she kept forgetting her words whilst filming her scenes for Fifty Shades of Grey.

The 23-year-old singer, who plays Christian Grey's sister Mia in the erotic drama, found nerves got the better of her on set.

Speaking to Access Hollywood, she said: "I had to have someone in my ear on set telling me what to say before I said it because I was honestly like so nervous I forgot everything that I had learnt."

However, first time actress credits her co-star Dakota Johnson - who plays the leading lady Anastasia Steele - for helping her get over her first-time acting fears.

She explained: "She's [Dakota is] a great friend of mine and she really eased me, and she was really nice to take care of me."

Ora - who has read all three novels by E. L. James - feels incredibly proud to have been chosen to take part in the movie adaptation, which is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

She said: "The movie is as visually close as it can be [to the book]. I think the actors are phenomenal in this and I'm just kind of honoured to be on the same wavelength as them.

"This being my first movie, it's pretty awesome."

Fifty Shades of Grey is set for release next year and stars former Calvin Klein model and The Fall actor Jamie Dornan in the lead role.

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