Riley Keough feared she wouldn't get her musical role in 'Daisy and the Six' because she couldn't belt out a song.

Riley Keough admitted she had to 'fake it until she made it' for her musical role

Riley Keough admitted she had to 'fake it until she made it' for her musical role

Elvis Presley's granddaughter - whose parents are the late Lisa Marie Presley and her ex-husband Danny Keough - plays the titular singer in the new Prime Video series, but unlike her late grandfather, Riley had no singing experience and "faked it until she made it" by hiring a vocal coach to teach her how to belt out a tune.

Speaking to Bella magazine, she said: "I brought no [musical] experience!

"I read for the role and I auditioned, and obviously they said a huge part of this is singing.

"I had never sung before and had no singing background.

"I never really knew what it felt like to belt out a song.

"And sometimes when you're an actor and you really want to do something, you'll tell them, 'Yeah, I can do that.'"

The 33-year-old actress admits she owes the role to her spouse, Ben Smith-Petersen, for believing in her.

She continued: "So I sat there and had a voice note chat with my husband, and I asked him what song I should sing.

"I didn't even know how to sing. Like, what do I do? And we just started singing through songs.

She recalled: "He sang with me and, to be completely honest, I wouldn't have done it had he not told me I could do it. I wouldn't have considered myself a singer.

Riley sobbed after fearing she would lose the role for not being able to properly belt out a tune.

She went on: "So I recorded a little song. I can't even remember what it was... I sang really softly and I sent it in and they said,

"Great... can she sing out more?"

"So I sang a little louder, sent it to them, and then they're like, 'Great... can she belt?'

"And then I was like, belt? I don't even know what belt means? Do I yell and sing? So, I was in a car and I had my phone and I just tried to sing something loud and I sounded so bad. So bad that I started crying and I sat there in my car and I was like, there's no way I'm ever going to be able to belt and I just need to give it up now. Back to the life lessons - don't give up. I was really sad and I kind of sat there and, you know, was like this is kind of the end of the road here for Daisy Jones. I can't belt."

Asked what she did to ensure she got the role, she explained: "It's not in my nature to give up on things. So, I moped around for like a night and then I went to a voice coach. He taught me to belt.

"He really did. I went in and sang Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Simple Man'.

"And it worked. Next, I went to Sound City to sing with Blake Mills and Tony Berg. That was crazy. It felt like it was, like, the third time I had ever sang.

"What am I doing? But, you know, you fake it 'til you make it. I just walked in there and sang. And here we are. I have a record."