Kevin Costner celebrated his 70th birthday by sharing a heartfelt photo from the set of 'The Bodyguard' with Whitney Houston, expressing his sorrow at her loss. The post sparked reminiscences about their collaboration and Costner's enduring bond with the late singer.
shared a sweet photo of him and Houston on the set of 1992’s romantic thriller," The Bodyguard ," and reflected on how much he misses his former costar. “This photo reminds me of how lucky I am to be getting another birthday,” Costner captioned the Jan. 18 post. “We lost such a light when we lost Whitney.”, sees the two actors posed with Houston’s then-hairstylist, Ellin La Var.
“Thank you guys for the birthday wishes. I was chasing the cowboy life just about as soon as I could walk, and here I am doing it still,” heHow having kids changed Cameron Diaz's thoughts on Hollywood return As for Costner’s bond with Houston, this isn’t the first time he’s remembered her legacy. In June, the Oscar winner reflected on the eulogy he gave at her funeral, revealing he was asked to. “I said, ‘They can get over that,” Costner recalled on"Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert" podcast. “They can play the commercial while I’m talking, I don’t care.’”
However, Costner delivered his 17-minute speech uninterrupted. He continued, “I went back to that church in Newark and it was filled. It was electric. There were two bands playing… the church was alive. It was like boom!”He also revealed that Houston was his first choice as the leading woman in"The Bodyguard," and that he promised Clive Davis — the singer’s producer at the time — that she “would be good” in the film.
“I was the actor, I produced it and I picked her,” Costner told Shepard. “I loved her. It’s not like this giant mystery, so I knew that she should be the one.”
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