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Naomi Ackie pushed herself to the limit with her portrayal of Whitney Houston in 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'. The 31-year-old actress played the late music icon in the 2022 biopic and admits that it changed the way she worked as she was left exhausted by the part. In an interview with The Observer newspaper, Naomi said: "That role pushed me to the edge, to the point where I was like, I have to change something otherwise I will shrink within this job, within this body, within the world. "I was away from home, isolated in Boston for like seven months, and hungry – I lost about 30lb to get to t...
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David Tennant and Naomi Ackie are amongst the latest actors to sign on to Netflix’s adaptation of ‘The Thursday Club’. The former ‘Doctor Who’ star, 55, and the ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ actress, 31, will be joining the movie adaptation of Richard Osman’s 2020 crime-comedy novel of the same name. As well as David and Naomi, Jonathan Pryce (‘The Two Popes’), Daniel Mays (‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’) and Henry Lloyd-Hughes (‘Killing Eve’) will also be appearing in the flick, which follows a group of friends that gather in a retirement home to solve murders for fun, onl...
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Naomi Ackie did not need to learn her lines for 'Mickey 17'. The 30-year-old actress has a part in the upcoming sci-fi film directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-ho and was pleased to be given "freedom" by the man behind the camera. Naomi told The Hollywood Reporter: "I can say that the way he works is incredible, and I was very happy. "I think a lot of people already know this, but he storyboards his films, so you film in a way where you shoot scene by scene, frame by frame. We never shot a scene all the way through. We never shot a scene all the way through. We never had to learn our...
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Naomi Ackie has joined the cast of 'Mother'. The 31-year-old actress is to star in the new sci-fi movie from director Justin Kurzel and joins an ensemble that includes Laura Dern, Benedict Cumberbatch and Noah Jupe. The film is set in a near future where society has a pill that removes the need for sleep. With the added help of an artificial sun there is no end to morning daylight, living and work. But a young generation who have grown up without sleep consider rebelling to reclaim their dreams. 'Mother' centres on Cathy (Dern), an advocate of the sleepless world, who attempts to repair her re...
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Naomi Ackie, Daryl McCormack and Sheila Atim are among the nominees for the BAFTA Rising Star Award 2023. The trio are joined on the shortlist by 'Living' star Aimee Lou Wood and 'Emily' actress Emma Mackey. The award recognises young on-screen talent and is the only prize at the BAFTA Film Awards to be chosen by the public. Previous winners of the accolade include Lashana Lynch, Tom Holland and James McAvoy. Daryl – who starred in the film 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande' opposite Dame Emma Thompson – revealed that the nomination had taken a while to sink in. Speaking to BANG Showbiz and other ...
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Naomi Ackie thinks she's finally "found [her] voice" in the movie industry. The 30-year-old actress struggled to find opportunities after her breakthrough film role in 2016's 'Lady Macbeth' - but Naomi is now feeling more confident than ever, after landing the lead role in the new Whitney Houston biopic, 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody'. The actress - who also appeared in 2019's 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' - explained: "I’m more straightforward now. I found my voice. I’m not scared any more to ask for things." Despite this, Naomi isn't looking forward to the attention that will inevitably ...
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Naomi Ackie nearly quit acting due to a lack of opportunities for black performers. The 30-year-old actress was named one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2017, but she subsequently considered walking away from the movie business. She shared: "People weren’t looking for black actresses in the way they are now, and acting is expensive. I was still living at home. I was out of money. "I was done with waiting." Naomi starred alongside Florence Pugh in 2016's 'Lady Macbeth'. Naomi remembers how her co-star's career subsequently took off, while she continued to struggle for opportunit...
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Kasi Lemmons was grateful for the support of Whitney Houston's estate during the making of 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'. The 61-year-old filmmaker has helmed the biopic about the late singer and is thankful that she was given permission to include the more "uncomfortable" elements of the star's life in the picture. Explaining the communication with Whitney's estate, Kasi told Collider: "It was a push and pull. Anthony McCarten wrote the script with the permission of the estate, and he had a lot of stuff in there. "There was a little bit of a difference between them reading it in print and see...
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Naomi Ackie thinks she's potentially "putting [herself] in the firing line" by playing Whitney Houston in a new biopic. The 31-year-old actress has been cast as the chart-topping icon in 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody', and Naomi feels a little anxious about the extra scrutiny that could come her way in the coming weeks. She explained: "I know that by playing Whitney I’m potentially putting myself in the firing line. "Though I’m more aware of [what I’m getting into] because I’m 31 and she was 19 when she entered the industry." Naomi loves her job, but she still doesn't feel comf...
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Naomi Ackie had to wear a set of false teeth to play Whitney Houston in a new biopic. The 30-year-old actress portrays the late superstar in new movie-musical 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' - and Naomi spent weeks perfecting her American accent only for it all to go horribly wrong as soon as she put in her specially-made teeth. During an appearance on 'The Graham Norton Show', she explained: "I had been working on the [American] accent for six months and thought I had it down, then suddenly putting in the fake teeth meant I had to learn it all over again." However, she still managed to fool mos...
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