The actor reflected on his close connection with his “Bodyguard” costar during a recent podcast appearance.
And I said, ‘They can get over that.
They can play the commercial while I’m talking, I don’t care.'"
Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner at the premiere of ‘The Bodyguard’ in 1992.Ron Galella Collection via Getty
“I started and about 17 minutes later I was done,” he added.
It was only thanks to Dionne Warwick’s encouragement that he finally said yes.
“What am I going to say about this little girl?
Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner in ‘The Bodyguard’.Ben Glass/Warner Bros.
[I] went back to that church in Newark and it was filled.
There were two bands playing, the church was alive.
It was like, boom!”
(The soundtrack itself won Album of the Year.)
“She sang the first part of it a cappella and musically the world was never the same.
