“Naomi Ackie is having a moment … you could even call it “One Moment In Time.” The British actor, who was first noticed alongside Florence Pugh in 2016’s Lady Macbeth and has since appeared in the TV comedies Master Of None and The End Of The F***ing World, and a little movie called Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, is leading a film for the first time in her career. And she’s playing a true icon to boot: Whitney Houston.
“To portray the legendary diva, Ackie tells The A.V. Club, she immersed herself fully into the process, watching Houston’s videos and interviews.
““When you surround yourself with a subject for a really long time, it starts to subconsciously go into your body,” she says.”
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