As the biopic of Aaliyah, the biopic of Whitney Houston is being heavily spoken about. Fans are anxiously waiting for the release of the upcoming tale of a diva, which will be directed by Angelea Bassett. While the news let out days ago about who would play Whitney, we are just being filled in on who will portray Mr. Prerogative himself.
Hit the jump for your first look at the acting couple as Whitney and Bobby.
YaYa DaCosta and Arlen Escarpata are taking on the roles as Whitney and Bobby. Check the two out in the gallery above.
Angela Bassett expresses to Entertainment Weekly why she choose new faces to portray the couple of he 90s:
Because I want you to fall into the world of Whitney and Bobby. And I don’t want to stop you at the gate with maybe the image of something familiar, someone you’ve seen from something else. You’ve already got your perception of them as an actor and person, and now you’ve got to put that to the side and squint your eyes and imagine this is Whitney and Bobby, you know what I mean? (Laughs)
And listen. Let me tell you something. We sat in the casting process and it is no easy feat for an actor to come into a room, bare their soul, to open themselves up to these words, this process, and these people. It’s not like, Oh my gosh, I have six good choices for Bobby. No, you don’t, you have two. Searching for weeks and only two rise to the top. They had different qualities that are like Bobby. You’ve gotta be like, which way do you want to go? And the same with Whitney. There are maybe one and then another. But Yaya was far and above the only choice, you know.
SOURCE: NB
