'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' Interviews | Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci And More!

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Watch our exclusive interviews with the cast and director behind the Whitney Houston biopic, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."

The stars of “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” including Naomi Ackie (Whitney Houston), Stanley Tucci (Clive Davis), Nafessa Williams (Robyn Crawford), and Director Kasi Lemmons discuss their biopic in this interview with CinemaBlend's Sarah El-Mahmoud. They discuss their research on their characters, how they got access to Whitney Houston’s masters, their favorite performances from the film, and much more!

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The stars of “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” including Naomi Ackie (Whitney Houston), Stanley Tucci (Clive Davis), Nafessa Williams (Robyn Crawford), and Director Kasi Lemmons discuss their biopic in this interview with CinemaBlend's Sarah El-Mahmoud. They discuss their research on their characters, how they got access to Whitney Houston’s masters, their favorite performances from the film, and much more!

00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Naomi Ackie on her rituals to transform into Whitney
01:15 - Stanley Tucci praises Naomi’s performance
01:48 - Kasi Lemmons on how Houston’s Estate helped with the film’s music
02:22 - How Nafessa Williams researched Robyn Crawford
03:20 - Stanley Tucci on his conversations with Clive Davis
04:29 - Creating the Medley and Nation Anthem sequences
06:11 - Nafessa Williams on Robyn and Whitney’s queer relationship
06:52 - Tucci on how he approached playing Clive Davis
07:20 - Kasi Lemmons on what relationships she wishes they could’ve seen more of in the film

Sarah El-Mahmoud
Sarah El-Mahmoud
Staff Writer

Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018 after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan, where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts & entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water. Now she's into covering YA television and movies, and plenty of horror. Word webslinger. All her writing should be read in Sarah Connor’s Terminator 2 voice over.