Stanley Tucci on I Wanna Dance With Somebody & Playing Clive Davis
15Sony’s biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, set out to depict an honest portrait of the late legendary singer’s rise to stardom. Starring Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) as the 6-time Grammy Award-winning icon, Whitney Houston, and featuring a number of her chart-topping tracks that earned her the achievement of most-awarded female artist of all time, the Kasi Lemmons-directed feature aims to highlight her life and legacy.
Setting it apart from previous attempts to chronicle Houston’s skyrocket to fame, I Wanna Dance With Somebody is based on a screenplay written by Academy Award-nominee Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) with the aid of Houston’s estate. Sister-in-law, Patricia Houston, serves as a producer on the film, alongside Whitney Houston’s long-time friend and manager, Clive Davis, as executive producer, who is portrayed by Academy Award-nominee, Stanley Tucci. In addition to Ackie and Tucci, the cast also stars Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford, Tamara Tunie and Clarke Peters as Whitney’s parents, and Ashton Sanders as Bobby Brown.
Before I Wanna Dance With Somebody hits theaters, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with Stanley Tucci about his role in the movie. During their interview, Tucci shares how he handles filming emotional scenes and discusses the aspects of Whitney Houston’s life that his time with the script helped him understand about the artist. He also reveals the behind-the-scenes secret to staying trim while filming his series, Searching for Italy, and which of his films he’d suggest to a new fan.
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