December 16th, 2020
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KRNB
Whitney: Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images; Naomi: Joe Maher/WireImage
I Wanna
Whitney Houston, has found somebody to dance with: British actress
Naomi Ackie will play the late superstar in the movie.
Deadline, the project’s director,
Stella Meghie said in a statement, “We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston. Naomi Ackie impressed us at every stage of the process. I was moved by her ability to capture the stage presence of a global icon while bringing humanity to her interior life.”