Carrizosa taught the R&B star military phrases, how to handle
weapons, and even the correct way to salute superiors - and Rihanna
admits she was in awe of her on-set mentor.
She says, "My character, her name is Raikes. She's a weapons
officer, she's not afraid of anything. She loves weapons, she knows
them - not only her weapons, but every other weapon on the
ship.
"We had this bad-a** chick on set. Her name is Jackie, she's also
in the Navy. I was playing what she really does in real life. She
was all tatted (tattooed) up and I just looked at her and I was
like, 'You are Raikes.'
"I watched her and I really just lived and breathed in her mindset
and tried to really get into her character. She's fearless and
she's one of the boys and it was really fun to just explore
that."