Benjamin Jones
Kevin Costner opened up about his friendship with Whitney Houston, more than 30 years after they filmed “The Bodyguard” together. Costner also spoke about his eulogy for the late singer, who died in 2012 at age 48, telling the “Armchair Expert” podcast that he refused to allow his speech to his friend to be interrupted.
Costner, who not only starred in but also produced the 1992 film, said he saw Houston on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and knew he wanted to cast her in the film, which is about a singer who has a stalker and falls in love with she. escort.
Costner said the film’s director, Mick Johnson, didn’t want to cast Houston. “She’s very smart. That was a movie I probably should have directed. I thought someone else could do a better job. But he was uncomfortable with her,” he told hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. “She was my choice. So I was the actor. I produced it. I chose her.”
He told Houston she couldn’t have an entourage on set, but promised to take care of her. “And I don’t know what it was, but we had a moment and I realized that the world had a higher idea of who we were, so I basically accepted it. I was his imaginary bodyguard,” he said.
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Costner told Houston, who was already a powerful singer at the time, but had few acting roles, she trusted him. “I started mentoring her and I wasn’t trying to usurp my director. But I made a promise to her,” he said, not to the director.
He said he promised Houston and music producer Clive Davis that the film would be a success and that he fought to keep the scenes in the film. “The Bodyguard” grossed nearly $122 million, according to Box Office Mojoand Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” for the film won several awards, including a Grammy for Record of the Year.
“And that was my promise to her,” Costner said. “She will always love me in music. I will always keep my promise to her.”
The pair remained friends until Houston’s death of accidental drowning at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Houston was ravaged by years of drug abuse and an autopsy report found “cocaine and metabolites” in her system at the time of his death. Costner said he didn’t see she was in pain.
Houston’s aunt, singer Dionne Warwick, asked him to speak at the memorial service, which he initially declined to do.
Costner said he spent a week writing the speech and when it arrived at the church, it seemed electrifying, but he still didn’t feel like he was the right person to deliver it. However, he finally decided to do it.
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But the eulogy almost hit a snag when he learned that CNN, which was broadcasting the funeral, wanted speakers to give short remarks due to commercial breaks. “And I said, they can get through this,” Costner said. “They can play the commercial while I talk. I don’t mind. But I came here when I didn’t want to, you know, didn’t want to do two minutes.”
The eulogy, he said, lasted 17 minutes. “And you said everything?” Shepard asked.
“That’s what I felt like I needed to say,” Costner responded.
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