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George Varga

'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody' film a tricky balancing act for its star and director

Talk about counterintuitive!

The fact that "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody" star Naomi Ackie looks nothing like the subject of the new film Ackie stars in, proved to be a distinct advantage for the English actress and for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" director Kasi Lemmons. The film opens nationwide on Friday.

"When I got cast, I was like: 'What?!' Because I don't look like Whitney at all," said the charismatic Ackie, speaking during a Zoom interview recently from New York.

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