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Video: ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ Brings Whitney Houston to Life

Author Carla Rea

Just from the trailer, I cannot wait to see the Whitney Houston biopic, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” 

Naomi Ackie is the actress playing Whitney Houston, and she’s having a moment  – or maybe “one Moment in Time.”

You might know the Ackie from 2016’s Lady Macbeth.  She was also in the TV comedies Master Of None and The End Of The F***ing World, and then a little movie called Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker.   She’s now a leading lady for the first time in her career, and she’s playing a musical icon.

Ackie brings Whitney Houston back to us all. She says she watched Houston’s videos and interviews. “When you surround yourself with a subject for a really long time, it starts to subconsciously go into your body,” she says.

 I Wanna Dance With Somebody follows the singer from being discovered by Arista Records executive Clive Davis (played by Stanley Tucci) in the early 1980s to her sad, and far too early death at the age of 48 in 2012.

Ackie says one particular gesture really unlocked Houston’s physicality.  She talks about an interview on YouTube- “she does this thing with her hand a lot. And that was the first thing I used to practice.” But it took many, many hours of watching and practicing for Ackie to overcome the apprehension of playing such a memorable, and loved public figure.

Ackie says, “The little things were what I would hold on to and practice, really practice during the day by myself…   a lot.” She created a space where she felt like she could capture some of the essence of Whitney.

In the film moviegoers will hear Houston’s voice, with Ackie recreating many her popular music videos and iconic live performances.

What is Naomi Ackie’s favorite Whitney song? Well it’s also MY favorite song – “I’m Your Baby Tonight!” It’s actually her favorite music video.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody hits Las Vegas theaters this Thursday, December 22!

-Carla Rea

 

 

Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.

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