Naomi Ackie and Nafessa Williams stopped by Elle on Wednesday (Dec. 28) to play a spherical of Tune Affiliation crammed with Whitney Houston tracks.
Naturally, as the celebs of the brand new biopic I Wanna Dance With Anyone managed to suit loads of Houston hits into their sport utilizing the phrases saving (“Saving All My Love For You”), damaged (“The place Do Damaged Hearts Go”), okay (“It’s Not Proper However It’s Okay”), lady (“I’m Each Girl”), man (“All of the Man That I Want”) and tonight (“I’m Your Child Tonight”).
Nonetheless, the 2 actors additionally ventured outdoors the late icon’s intensive discography to belt out tracks like “Within the Warmth of the Night time” by Ray Charles, Adele’s “One and Solely,” “Who Needs to Dwell Without end” by Queen and “So Good” by Future’s Baby. In the end, they went 13 for 15, matching earlier scores set by Chloe x Halle, Evan Rachel Wooden and Daniel Radcliffe and Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp.
Within 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 Tremendous Bowl and being pressured to defend her music for not being “Black sufficient.” Williams, in the meantime, performs her longtime pal and assistant Robyn Crawford.
I Wanna Dance With Anyone 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 method by means of a Whitney-inspired Tune Affiliation beneath.
