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TIL in the movie This is the End (2013), Rihanna told Michael Cera he could actually slap her ass for a scene if she could actually slap him in the face in return. On the take used in the movie, Rihanna slapped him so hard, Cera had to go lay down in his trailer for around half an hour.

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