“Something that I thought was omitted was her spirituality, which was a key component of who she was,” said Bassett. The film is missing something, according to Bassett.text:While she did like the movie’s script, Bassett said it does neglect to include one important thing. “It may not be truthful, because who can know each and every truth in every situation,” said Bassett. Unfortunately, there's nothing inspiring, liberating or uplifting about this project.”īut Bassett said that “it is an honest portrayal.” “The family and the Estate are very disappointed that Angela Bassett never personally reached out to an immediate family member about this project … Since no one from immediate family was contacted, nor have seen the film, we cannot help but question the veracity of a story about Whitney and Bobby's personal relationship,” Pat Houston, president of The Whitney Houston Estate, said in a statement to “Nightline.” “Her life story - even a portion - should be dominated by people who value the merit of her life, not by a group that chose to present the weakest cycle of her life. Despite the criticism, Bassett believes the film is honest.text:Houston’s mother Cissy Houston has been vocal about her and her family’s objections to the biopic. “I actually asked for it to be played out loud so even the audience we had, all the extras we had, could hear Deborah Cox singing Whitney songs and me singing at the same time,” said DaCosta. Deborah Cox, not Yaya DaCosta, sings Whitney Houston’s songs.text:For the film, Cox, one of Houston’s old label mates, recorded Houston’s songs. He was in love with his woman,” Bassett recalled. As director, as actor, we began to think of those things, and we looked at it through those prisms.”īassett met Brown in 1994, while working with Houston on “Waiting to Exhale.” “You have girls screaming and clawing for you at 13, and you see how you mature. 1 Whitney received mixed reviews from critics, with praise going to DaCostas performance as Houston and Bassetts direction of the film but criticism of. “Not everyone is all bad, and no one is perfect,” Bassett said. Whitney is a 2015 American biographical film directed by Angela Bassett based on American recording artist Whitney Houston and her turbulent marriage to R&B artist Bobby Brown that premiered on Lifetime in North America on January 17, 2015. Later, their relationship disintegrated into a public mess of domestic violence and addiction. Viewers might be startled by Bobby Brown’s portrayal.text:Houston was 26 when she first met Bobby Brown, then 19. That’s not a story I was interested in telling.” “If that’s a story someone else wants to tell, then perhaps we’re a trailer to that movie. “A full, rich, complicated life: there’s no way to do that in a television movie,” Bassett said.
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The film doesn’t mention Whitney Houston’s death.text:Houston died in 2012 after drowning in a bathtub with drugs in her system, but it is not mentioned in the movie or even in a postscript. Bassett and DaCosta shared with “Nightline” what viewers can expect from the Lifetime biopic, “Whitney.”