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A brand new trailer for Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Anyone has been launched. The movie is slated to premiere in December.
A brand new trailer for Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Anyone is right here. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, the movie will showcase the hardships Houston confronted all through her profession previous to her premature demise in 2012. Actress Naomi Ackie stars as Houston, whereas the rest of the ensemble forged consists of Ashton Sanders as Bobby Brown, Stanley Tucci as Clive Davis, Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford, Tamara Tunie as Cissy Houston, and Clarke Peters as John Houston.
One scene within the trailer exhibits Houston talking with a radio host in opposition to criticism that her music “isn’t Black sufficient.”
“My entire life, ‘She ain’t Black sufficient, she ain’t white sufficient,’” she tells the host. “I sing what I need to sing, be how I need to be.”
The trailer additionally chronicles different moments throughout Houston’s storied profession, together with her legendary 1991 Tremendous Bowl efficiency of the “Nationwide Anthem.”
In a latest interview with NME, Ackie talked in regards to the audition course of for portraying Houston, crediting her position as Gloria in 2021 movie, The Rating.
“I had fairly intense stage fright singing in entrance of individuals. It all the time made me nervous to do it once I’m not on a stage the place I can’t see anybody,” she stated. “So having to sing lots in entrance of the fellows half-prepared me for the stuff that I’ve to do in I Wanna Dance With Anyone. It was step in direction of that.”
Previous to portraying Houston, Ackie acted in British movies Girl Macbeth, The Corrupted and Yardie, in addition to the 2019 action-adventure Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The London-born actress will subsequent star in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Pussy Island, and science-fiction movie Mickey7.
Watch the brand new trailer for I Wanna Dance With Anyone, which premieres December 23, beneath.
