Naomi Ackie and Nafessa Williams stopped by Elle on Wednesday (Dec. 28) to play a spherical of Song Association full of Whitney Houston tracks.
Naturally, as the celebrities of the brand new biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody managed to suit loads of Houston hits into their sport utilizing the phrases saving (“Saving All My Love For You”), damaged (“Where Do Broken Hearts Go”), okay (“It’s Not Right But It’s Okay”), lady (“I’m Every Woman”), man (“All the Man That I Need”) and tonight (“I’m Your Baby Tonight”).
However, the 2 actors additionally ventured exterior the late icon’s in depth discography to belt out tracks like “In the Heat of the Night” by Ray Charles, Adele’s “One and Only,” “Who Wants to Live Forever” by Queen and “So Good” by Destiny’s Child. Ultimately, they went 13 for 15, matching earlier scores set by Chloe x Halle, Evan Rachel Wood and Daniel Radcliffe and Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp.
In the movie, which is presently enjoying in theaters nationwide, Ackie portrays Houston all through the nineties, together with her efficiency of the nationwide anthem on the 1991 Super Bowl and being compelled to defend her music for not being “Black enough.” Williams, in the meantime, performs her longtime good friend and assistant Robyn Crawford.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody additionally stars Stanley Tucci as Clive Davis, Ashton Sanders as Bobby Brown, Tamara Tunnie as Cissy Houston, Clarke Peters as Whitney’s father John Houston and Bria Danielle Singleton as Bobbi Kristina Brown.
Watch Ackie and Williams sing and dance their manner by way of a Whitney-inspired Song Association under.
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