Naomi Ackie says her commitment to portraying Whitney Houston authentically made it difficult to shake the pop icon’s spirit after filming wrapped.
To prepare for the role, Ackie gave herself a six-month berth and read everything she could, includinga memoir by Robyn Crawford, one of Houston’s closest friends and collaborators. In the book, Crawford writes tenderly about their relationship, claiming she and Houston were lovers: “We never talked about labels, like lesbian or gay. We just lived our lives, and I hoped it could go on that way forever.
Ackie spoke to numerous people who knew Houston, including Davis and Whitney’s brother Gary. She worked with a dialect coach to nail Houston’s accent, creating video playlists of Houston’s speaking voice in her youth, middle age, and final years to better mimic her vocal depth. She kept the accent on set between scenes, leaning on the film’s hair and makeup team to keep her honest. She finally perfected it after coming into their trailer one day, fuming about something that had pissed her off.
When filming wrapped, it took Ackie time to shake the role off. “I felt, by the end, this love-hate situation with taking on this responsibility,” she says. “I want to stay and hold on tightly to it, but I also need to go.” She took a restorative break, then leapt into her next project: Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut,about a cocktail server invited to a mogul’s private isle of moneyed hedonism. “Zoë is a force,” Ackie says.
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