A new film depicts the long-rumored romance between Whitney Houston and Robyn Crawford. Director Kasi Lemmons explains the detail that required sharp negotiation.
‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ is part of a broader effort to reframe Houston’s legacy in the years after her death.
“They have feelings, and those feelings have to be respected,” said Lemmons, who says the Houston estate agreed to the inclusion of the relationship prior to her joining the project in 2021 as a replacement for Stella Meghie, who reportedly left the director’s chair over creative differences. “To their immense credit they said, ‘OK, this was part of Whitney’s life. This can be part of the movie.’”
“I wanted to, but I did not,” said Lemmons, who said she knew Crawford had a difficult relationship with the estate. “Because I was working with the estate, I was careful. People’s feelings had to be considered.”Review: Superstar biopic ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ is decidedly off-key
One meeting in particular left Lemmons “haunted.” Houston was 45 minutes late, was visibly exhausted and had difficulty focusing, she remembered. “The woman that I saw was very different than the image I had in my head of who she was,” she said. Crawford was nearby watching Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina, and Houston seemed distracted by a desire to re-join them. “I could feel the weight of everything on her.
“I felt like Robyn gave it to me and was like, ‘This is everything you need to know,’” said Williams, who noted Crawford’s relative absence from archival footage. “She wasn’t trying to be in [front of] the camera, she was behind the scenes. She literally was behind Whitney, having her back.”
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