Naomi Ackie should’ve discovered a “Higher Love,” since she’s simply been selected to play Whitney Houston in the late vocalist’s main biopic.
Sony Pictures verifies to E! News that Naomi remains in settlements to star in its musical film of Whitney’s life, entitled I Wanna Dance With Somebody.
The 28-year-old starlet currently has some huge credits under her belt. Naomi appeared in the 2019 movie Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker as Jannah and was initially cast in the Game of Thrones prequel together with Naomi Watts prior to it was ditched.
This year, she won a BAFTA Award for depicting Bonnie in Netflix’s program The End Of The F***Ing World.
Director Stella Meghie stated the innovative group invested a lot of of the previous year in “an exhaustive search” for a starlet that might finest embody Whitney Houston. The Photograph helmer stated, “Naomi Ackie impressed us at every stage of the process. I was moved by her ability to capture the stage presence of a global icon while bringing humanity to her interior life.”
