Dialect lessons and lots of wigs: this is how Naomi Ackie transformed into Whitney Houston for ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

They are big shoes to fill, Whitney Houston’s. Naomi Ackie (30) was honored to play the iconic singer in the biopic ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’. Something she made serious preparations for. From dialect lessons to talking to Whitney’s brother. Thus, the actress tried to get as close as possible to one of the world’s greatest. “Towards the end I had a love-hate relationship with the responsibility that came with the role.”