The best love of all is going on to us.
That is proper, it is the sneak peek of Sony’s biopic detailing the lifetime of the beloved icon Whitney Houston. The highly effective trailer for I Wanna Dance With Someone launched on Sept. 15, teases actress Naomi Ackie‘s portrayal of the legendary singer.
The first look begins off by displaying us the way it all started as Clive Davis arrives at a membership the place he hears the vocal powerhouse for the primary time. He asks, “What’s your identify once more?”, earlier than signing her to his file label Columbia Information. (Enjoyable reality: the actual Clive Davis is a producer for the movie.)
Whitney’s rise to fame is fast. Working example: The trailer highlights when she hears her voice on the radio for the primary time.
“My dream, sing what I need to sing,” Whitney expresses, “be how I need to be, attain as massive an viewers as I can.”
Little did she know that could be only a fraction of her accomplishments, together with her iconic efficiency of the “Star Spangled Banner” on the 1991 Tremendous Bowl—which we additionally get a glimpse of within the promo.
However all this did not come with out its critics. The truth is, one scene present Whitney being advised that her music “is not Black sufficient.”
