Rihanna and Cara first crossed paths at a fashion show in 2012 and quickly forged a friendship. While promoting their film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, on the Today show back in July 2017, Cara opened up about what it was like working with her friend, saying, "It was incredible. We've been friends for five years now, and I've always said to her what an incredible actress she is and could be when she actually had the opportunity to."