Tina Turner’s life and career were explored in the biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It. Many A-list actresses in Hollywood wanted the lead role, including Halle Berry, Janet Jackson, Robin Givens, Pam Grier, and Vanessa Williams.
According to Studio Spill, Houston was sought after for the lead role. At the time, Houston was at peak superstardom status thanks to her role in the 1992 film The Bodyguard. Disney, the studio behind What’s Love Got to Do With It, offered Houston the part. Initially, she said yes, but quickly had a change of heart.
Houston discovered she was pregnant. She’d previously suffered miscarriages, including one while filming The Bodyguard. Houston passed on the project, and the role ultimately went to Angela Bassett.
Bassett transformed into Turner for the role, but the preparation was rigorous. In an interview with Variety celebrating the 30th anniversary of the film’s release, Bassett spoke about what it took to physically embody a performer like Turner.
“You got up at five in the morning, went to the gym to workout for two and a half hours. Then you would head to Michael Peters and learn routines — which were all intense cardio — for about 10 hours. Ten hours! You had to be so focused and so determined,” Bassett explained. “Pain was irrelevant. Fear was real and physical pain and torture was just going to be a part of it. Every part of your body hurt and there was no time to eat anything.”
Ironically, Houston and Bassett would co-star in the 1995 film Waitin to Exhale together just two years later. The film followed the lives of four close friends at various stages in life, love, and career. It became an instant classic. Bassett and Houston were fast friends on set. Though their relationship didn’t necessarily continue beyond filming, Bassett told Entertainment Weekly in 2014 that she maintained an affinity for Houston.
“I think that I had an opportunity, of course, to appreciate and love her from afar and then to spend time with her in a working situation,” she recalled. She shined in a room but didn’t suck up the energy. Some people suck up all the air and it’s all about them. They mistake their presence for the event. But she didn’t do that. She was there to work, to work hard, she was joyful, she laughed a lot, she played, she was easy to be around. You know, she was a delight.”
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