00:00 "My wife would say no."
00:02 Whitney's husband, Bobby, objects to casting Meg in The Bodyguard.
00:05 No star quality.
00:07 Meghan Markle has been tipped to make a magnificent return to acting as she and Prince Harry desperately
00:11 try to save their £80 million Netflix deal.
00:14 Reports in Australia even hint that the Duchess of Sussex may land a huge leading role in
00:18 a sequel to the 1992 classic The Bodyguard film.
00:21 The interview was shared on Twitter, prompting many to react to it.
00:24 Some netizens did not believe Markle could star in the sequel to the character portrayed
00:27 by Whitney Houston.
00:29 Replacing Whitney?
00:30 No way.
00:31 She just won't measure up.
00:32 Sorry, Meghan.
00:33 No star quality.
00:34 Even Whitney's ex-husband, Bobby Brown, recently confirmed that Meghan is not suitable for
00:38 his wife's legendary role.
00:39 "She is definitely missed in my heart, in my spirit.
00:42 She was my friend.
00:43 She was the mother of my child, one of the greatest entertainers I have ever met, one
00:46 of the greatest voices in the world."
00:49 The reporter then asked what he thought of the news that Meghan Markle would be a good
00:52 candidate for the role of Whitney in The Bodyguard remake.
00:55 Bobby Brown replied, "I really don't see anything in her."
00:59 Brown's full name is Robert Beresford Brown, is a singer and a member of the band New Edition,
01:04 also had a successful career himself.
01:06 Won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1990.
01:09 Brown and Whitney Houston met in 1989 and married three years later.
01:13 They welcomed their first and only child together, a daughter named Bobbi Kristina Brown.
01:17 They divorced in 2007 after 15 years of marriage.
01:20 Houston died five years later, February 11, 2012.
01:23 She was only 48 years old.
01:25 Brown is not the only one to speak out against Meghan Markle, but the producers also shocked
01:29 by this rumor.
01:31 Kevin Costner didn't just star in the original version of The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston,
01:34 he was one of the producers.
01:36 Coming off of Dances with Wolves, he had a poll in Hollywood at that moment, and part
01:40 of his poll, he wanted Whitney Houston, when a lot of people didn't, and fully believed
01:44 in her because she was the right singer for the role.
01:47 Costner thought the role should go to an actual singer, not an actress playing a singer.
01:51 As Meghan Markle is, was an actress and definitely not a singer, why on earth would he want her
01:55 in the role for her remake?
01:57 Costner is notoriously prickly when it comes to his artistic decisions, why would he change
02:01 his mind 25+ years later when the original version was such a success?
02:05 The source said that Costner believes Zendaya and Chloe Bailey would have a far better chance
02:09 since both of them sing, act, are Gen Z relevant, and have a huge viral social media presence.
02:14 They're also far closer to the age Whitney was when she played the role.
02:18 There's also untapped talent on Broadway, the West, and that could fill that role too.
02:22 Meghan would be either in or close to her mid 40s, which is way too old, untalented,
02:27 unwanted by Hollywood/big fashion houses, and unglamorous in comparison to Whitney and
02:31 her prime at just age 29.
02:33 Cynthia Erivo can get away with her much younger role in Wicked because of their de-aging green
02:37 skin and on top of that, Cynthia's A+++ singing and acting talent far surpasses a 6th on the
02:43 call sheet Z-list actress with no A-list projects to speak of.
02:47 All there is on Meghan's IMDB page is a list of embarrassing low-tier acting credits.
02:52 She's smallest of the small screen, non-entity, tumbleweed for fuck's sakes.
02:56 It'd be an insult to Whitney's legacy to cast someone like Meghan.
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