eventAction: 'click_image_ads' ET / 2:30 p.m. PT on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ Williams brings a grounded energy to Robyn, arguably the least-known main character in this real-life story, and its a decently acted affair overall: Like Ackie, Tucci nicely inhabits Davis as a mentor as Tunie does playing Houstons mom. I wanted to impart a bit of the Whitney that I knew, and maybe people could think about her in a different way.. Costner added more words of encouragement when speaking at Houston's funeral twenty years after the film's release. he revealed. 1 single in history at the time, according to Billboard. The pair forged a strong bond, so much so that Kevin would tragically talk at her funeral in 2012. He had not heard a live voice as pure, yet powerful as Whitney Houston and it was quite refreshing. Elvis: Colonel Tom Parker Really Was That Bad, Remembering Ringo Starr's Forgotten Acting Career After the Beatles, Why Elvis Should Have Listened to B.B. The movie was a major box office hit, and Houston's power ballad-heavy soundtrack, which featured her cover of 'I Will Always Love You,' sold millions of copies worldwide. Houston performed a lot of songs on that soundtrack as well, going back to her gospel roots. Twenty years later, Houston was unfortunately found dead in her bathtub after drowning due to coronary artery disease and cocaine intoxication. Watch PEOPLE & Entertainment Weekly Red Carpet Live: 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on PEOPLE.com, EW.com, PEOPLE and EW's YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as PeopleTV, beginning at 5:30 p.m. I did." pg.acq.push(function() { media-tech companies with hubs around the world. today, my fam and i went to the plaza for the Black Friday shopping, and what was i doing the whole time? Our journey towards each otherstarted the day Lawrence Kasdan gave me the script of The Bodyguard and the day Clive signed Whitney Houston. The trouble is as real as the achievement, but it does not tarnish it.. Costner, too, took on significant responsibilities in the production of The Bodyguard, not only in his character, the agent Frank Farmer, but as a producer of the film. Amanda Seyfried Transforms into a Prada Princess in Mod Mini Dress and '60s Glam at 2023 SAG Awards, Zendaya Brings Old Hollywood Glam to the SAG Awards 2023 Red Carpet in Dramatic Pink Gown, Jenna Ortega Channels Wednesday Addams in a Goth-Glam Gown at 2023 SAG Awards, SAG Awards 2023: How to Watch, Who's Nominated and What's Different This Year, Jessica Chastain Wears Head-Turning Hot Pink Gown at the 2023 SAG Awards, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski Stun in Coordinating Stripes During Date Night at SAG Awards 2023, Bill Murray Steps Out with 'The Fabelmans' Actress Jeannie Berlin at 2023 SAG Awards, The Best Moments from the 2023 SAG Awards, Austin Butler Recalls Going to the ER the Day He Finished Filming 'Elvis' at SAG Awards 2023. pg.acq.push(function() { Costner was also the person who suggested that Houston cover Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" for the film. Kevin Costner stopped by the PEOPLE & Entertainment Weekly Red Carpet at the 2022 SAG Awards where he recalled working with Whitney Houston on the 1992 film.