Normally a script that had been hanging around in development limbo for nearly two decades would be doomed to remain words on a page, but Costner's determination and vision brought The Bodyguard to life. In the late '80s, Whitney Houston was as famous in pop music as Costner was in movies: that is, she was one of the most popular singers in the country. In , her self-titled debut album topped the Billboard , and she became the first female performer to have three number one Billboard Hot singles from one album.
Her follow-up Whitney also went multi-platinum. Costner admitted that he was initially drawn to Houston for superficial reasons. But he quickly became convinced that no one else could play Rachel, to the point that he was willing to wait a year for Houston to accept the role. Kasdan agreed : he'd always seen Rachel as a superstar singer — hence Diana Ross as his first choice in the '70s.
But by the '90s, Houston's early success had plateaued, and it was harder to convince some executives to cast her over an established screen star. Costner stood his ground. He told Yahoo , "It's like faking being a good baseball player. When you see one of our world-class actresses faking being a good singer, it doesn't seem right. Costner had his sights firmly set on having Whitney Houston lead The Bodyguard as Rachel Marron, but first he had to convince her to take the part.
By then Houston was a successful pop star, and she had considered acting. But as she explained to Rolling Stone in , her plan was to start out with small roles and slowly progress. In her words, "I never thought I'd be co-starring with Kevin Costner! And having achieved a certain level of fame already, she was well aware of the scrutiny and schadenfreude that comes with being in the spotlight.
She worried — not without cause — that "people would dog me before they gave me the opportunity to do the job. After reading the script, Houston was still unsure, describing Rachel in the initial drafts as "very rough, very hard.
When he promised that he wouldn't let her make a fool of herself, she agreed to do it — but he also told her not to get acting lessons. I will help you,'" she recalled. Despite Costner's absolute faith that Houston was the right woman for the role of Rachel, some people behind the scenes took issue with one particular aspect of her casting. As Costner drily phrased it in a interview with Yahoo , "Everybody alerted me to the fact that she was black, which I knew. It wasn't only that Houston was black.
The film centered on an interracial romance between a black woman and a white man, a concept that was considered controversial by certain people in Houston and writer Lawrence Kasdan both insisted that the characters' ethnicities weren't relevant.
As Houston told Rolling Stone in , "Nobody [in the audience] made an issue of that They weren't looking at a black person and a white person, they were looking at two people having a relationship. During the movie's production, Costner refused to pander to those who worried that the pairing would cause a scandal.
He flatly refused requests to add a scene "that explains the black and white thing," as he sardonically phrased it in a DVD interview.
Although The Bodyguard has one of the most famous kisses in movie history — and one of the most famous love songs — the romantic scenes are actually pretty tame. There's that farewell kiss on the runway, and the kiss after Costner's character Frank cuts Rachel's silk scarf in half with his samurai sword. Don't try that at home. The sex that presumably follows happens offscreen.
Part of the reason for the chaste representation was Houston's refusal to appear nude. She told Vanity Fair in , "they aren't going to tell me to take my clothes off.
I'm not hired to show my ass. I don't think it's my greatest asset. Costner and Houston filmed more love scenes, but they were cut from the final edit. Kevin Costner, during his eulogy at Whitney Houston's Feb. Before the audition, Whitney had hurriedly removed her movie-set makeup and had instead applied her regular show-business makeup she used at concerts so she would feel more normal.
The heat of the lighting for her audition caused the replacement makeup to run. Kevin quickly halted the audition; Whitney returned to her trailer where she related what had happened to Kevin. The movie makeup was re-applied, and the audition was then successfully completed. Nita still works with producer David Foster to this day. At the fictional Academy Awards ceremony, the Best Sound Oscar goes to Mychal Smith and Kay Colvin who were in reality the boom operator and cable person respectively , the Best Song winner is written by Nancy Garber who was really the film's art department researcher and one of the fictional nominated songwriters was Leslie Moraes who was really the film's assistant location manager.
DeVaughn Nixon's mother couldn't come to Tahoe, so he thought of Whitney Houston as his "mom" on set. One of the few films that presented a fictional Academy Awards in its plot and later on were nominated for the actual Academy Awards.
While this movie scored two Best Song nominations, the other movie with similar circumstances, California Suite managed to win an Oscar acting category, an ironic contrast with the movie's subplot involving an actress who loses the same award. The brand of whisky being drunk throughout the film is Springbank from Campbeltown in Scotland, where the director was on holiday prior to making the film. Whitney Houston had to postpone eight concert dates during her Bodyguard tour due to throat problems.
Kevin Costner was in all of those films, though his part in the first one was cut. Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan is a fan of director Akira Kurosawa. As such, he named the film after Yojimbo , and wrote the male lead role for Steve McQueen, who had appeared in The Magnificent Seven , a remake of Seven Samurai The exterior of the Oscars venue is established as the Shrine Auditorium, just south of downtown LA, but the interior is the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
Frank demonstrates his skill with knives early in the film. Later, Tony tries to challenge him to a fight, which Frank prevents by showing him how close to his face he can hit with the knife. These reflect similar scenes in The Magnificent Seven. Kasdan later directed Dreamcatcher , which featured Damian Lewis. In Hollywood This is the first of three collaborations between director Mick Jackson and composer Alan Silvestri, the other two being Clean Slate and Volcano. However, Silvestri was actually not the first composer who worked on this film.
Composer John Barry did write a demo theme before he left the project. Debbie Reynolds appears as herself. As Rachel enters the Oscars red carpet, a fan holds up a large pink sign misspelling her name as "Rachael, Our Queen of the Night".
The Bodyguard is one of two titular-character collaborations between Kevin Costner and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. What's more, both films were distributed by Warner Brothers. Mick Jackson. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary.
The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's secret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley.
Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love. Action Drama Music Romance Thriller. Rated R for language. Did you know Edit. Trivia Rachel's mansion is the same mansion as the "horse's head in the bed" mansion in " The Godfather Goofs For a supposedly trained professional, Frank Farmer commits at least two violations of basic weapons safety rules by pointing a loaded weapon at people he doesn't intend to shoot.
First when he is discussing security with Henry, Frank points his. Then, during the incident at the cabin, as soon as he chambers a round in his. Alternate versions The BBFC insisted upon a 1 second cut to the UK version, to remove a double earclap, which they view as being easily imitated and very damaging User reviews Review.
Top review. A Great Romantic Thriller. I just recently watched The Bodyguard again and i forgot how good it was. Costner plays the role of the obsessed bodyguard perfectly and Houston's first feature film performance was flawless. This story of an obsessed stalker terrorising a famous performer and the bodyguard trying to protect her at all costs, was made in a refreshing way, even to compete with todays movie standards Mick Jackson's The Bodyguard is a great movie to watch over and over again even when you find out whodunnit.
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