Rihanna takes fans behind the scenes of 'Battleship'

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Singer Rihanna plays a weapons officer in her debut role in "Battleship," and got a little help from a real-life Navy officer.

Rihanna recently spilled some behind the scene details on production of the blockbuster film.

"My character, her name is Raikes. She's a weapons officer, she's not afraid of anything," she said, "She loves weapons, she knows them – not only her weapons, but every other weapon on the ship."

RiRi stars alongside "True Blood" star Alexander Skarsgard and model-turned-actress Brooklyn Decker. 

The IMDB description for the action sci-fi reads: "A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals." 

Indeed.

Check out the trailer below. 

What do you think of RiRi as an actress? Will you see "Battleship" when it hits theaters May 18? Play movie critic in the comments....