I Wanna Dance With Somebody is a new biopic about the life and career of Whitney Houston, one of the most successful recording artists of all time. Here, Sky News speaks to Naomi Ackie, who plays the superstar, and Stanley Tucci, who portrays her music executive mentor Clive Davis.
1:26On 7 February 1994, Whitney Houston took home seven of the eight prizes she had been nominated for at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. On the night, she performed the"impossible medley" of three enormous songs: I Loves You, Porgy, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, and I Have Nothing., the voice of a generation, took them all on in one go, and made it look effortless.
"As soon as I got the part I was like, okay, clear the deck," she tells Sky News."Not that I had a huge amount of jobs coming in - I don't want to make it seem like that - but it was definitely like, I don't want to take on any work, I just want to focus on this. And so it was about eight months of research and preparation and working with my movement coach and dialect coaches.
Stanley Tucci, who plays the famous music executive, spoke to him about his first impressions of Houston."He knew. He knew as soon as he saw her... he said, 'I think I just heard the greatest voice of her generation'. And he was right. The way he talked about her, still talks about her [is] with such reverence and respect and admiration and, of course, sadness, because, you know, it's a tragic end to this incredible, not just life, but an incredible person.
As well as Davis, producers worked with Gary and Pat Houston, Whitney's brother and sister-in-law , who recognised the importance of showing the different sides of the star's life. The film shows you"not everything, obviously, but it shows a great deal", says Tucci."And it's not easy at times to watch it..."
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