Tony Award winner Matthew Lopez offers new subtleties on The Bodyguard remake, including the changes being made to the Whitney Houston character. Composed by Star Wars vet Lawrence Kasdan and helmed by Mick Jackson, the original film fixated on a previous Secret Service specialist as he is recruited by the supervisor for a popular entertainer and singer to function as her bodyguard as she begins receiving passing dangers from an obscure stalker. Houston starred in the film alongside Kevin Costner, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs and Ralph Waite.
While chatting with Variety for his memorable honor winning play The Inheritance, Lopez offered new subtleties for The Bodyguard remake. Lopez uncovered his one specification to WB when he was drawn closer for the task was making Houston’s character into an on-the-ascent Latina entertainer rather than a set up star as in the original film. See what Lopez said below:
“It’s such a lot of fun. At the point when Warner Bros. moved toward me about the thought, I immediately said I would however I needed the hero to be Latina. They consented to that. There’s been a great deal of hypothesis regarding what I’d bring to the remake and certain individuals were assuming that there’d be a gay storyline to it. Instead of focusing on a set up star like the one Whitney Houston played, this is about a youthful Latina entertainer who has quite recently become well known. It’s with regards to how her life has changed because she is an overnight sensation. In the 21st century, that implies she’s in quick need of insurance. It was imperative to me to utilize this chance to get Latin appearances up on that screen and to get their accounts told amazingly.”
The declaration of a remake to The Bodyguard came as an astonishment to many given the by and large helpless gathering of the original film. Moreover, with the film serving as a hotspot for spoofs consistently, including as of late as the Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson activity parody The Hitman’s Bodyguard and its continuation, it certainly begged the subject of a requirement for such an undertaking. In spite of these worries, Lopez’s new subtleties certainly point towards the remake being in the right hands and establishing potential to clear the bar set by its archetype.
