Stanley Tucci on I Wanna Dance With Somebody & Playing Clive Davis

Sony’s biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, set out to depict an honest portrait of the late legendary singer’s rise to stardom. Starring Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) as the 6-time Grammy Award-winning icon, Whitney Houston, and featuring a number of her chart-topping tracks that earned her the achievement of most-awarded female artist of all time, the Kasi Lemmons-directed feature aims to highlight her life and legacy. Setting it apart from previous attempts to chronicle Houston’s skyrocket to fame, I Wanna Dance With Somebody is based on a screenplay written by Academy Award-nominee Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) with the aid of Houston’s estate. Sister-in-law, Patricia Houston, serves as a producer on the film, alongside Whitney Houston’s long-time friend and manager, Clive Davis, as executive producer, who is portrayed by Academy Award-nominee, Stanley Tucci. In addition to Ackie and Tucci, the cast also stars Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford, Tamara Tunie and Clarke Peter