Bria Danielle Singleton Admits She Had ‘Anxieties’ About Playing Bobbi Kristina: ‘I Wanted To Do Her Justice’ (Exclusive)

Bria Danielle Singleton is having a breakout moment. The 16-year-old histrion plays Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, successful I Wanna Dance With Somebody. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Bria astir chronicling Whitney’s beingness successful the biopic and what she learned astir Bobbi Kristina.

Bria Danielle Singleton stars successful ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody.’ (Photographer: Tyren Redd)

“Family values was conscionable truthful important to her and conscionable the full household successful general,” Bria said. “It felt similar her enslaved with her parent was conscionable truthful beardown due to the fact that they were ever near. She ever kept Bobbi adjacent to her and kept her around. I consciousness similar it’s beauteous hard to bash that, particularly with the manner Whitney lived in. I deliberation that’s conscionable specified an important happening to admit and love.”

Bria worked intimately with Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney successful the film. The young histrion admitted she ever “felt truthful relaxed” astir Naomi. “I already had anxieties going into this role, and she conscionable made it each spell away. She was a precise supporting person,” Bria revealed. She admitted she had anxieties astir playing Bobbie Kristina due to the fact that “I felt similar I was representing somebody. It’s not similar a regular relation that you person oregon a quality you marque up. This is idiosyncratic radical knew, truthful I wanted to bash her justice.”

Bobbi Kristina was Whitney’s lone kid with ex Bobby Brown. Whitney tragically died astatine the property of 48 successful 2012 from a drug-related accidental drowning. Just 3 years later, Bobbi was recovered unconscious successful her bathtub. After being successful a coma for astir 6 months, Bobbi passed distant astatine the property of conscionable 22.

Bria Danielle Singleton arsenic the ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ premiere. (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)

To play Bobbi Kristina, Bria watched interviews and videos featuring Whitney’s daughter. “I cognize they had their ain show. I felt similar Bobbie was being genuine astir herself. I already knew a batch astir Whitney Houston’s beingness due to the fact that it’s Whitney Houston,” Bria told HollywoodLife.

Bria noted that the biopic is simply a “celebration” of Whitney and everything she accomplished. She admitted that seeing Naomi arsenic Whitney for the archetypal clip was an unthinkable experience. “I can’t adjacent enactment it successful words, to beryllium honest,” Bria said. “The infinitesimal I met her she was already similar Whitney. She had a costume connected for the ‘How Will I Know’ euphony video, truthful she was already successful hairsbreadth and makeup. She was conscionable truthful supportive and saccharine from the get-go.”

Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown together. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

As her prima rises successful Hollywood, Bria looks to actresses similar Marsai Martin for inspiration. Bria told HollywoodLife that Marsai is simply a “young achromatic pistillate who’s done truthful galore things with her vocation astatine specified a young age. I consciousness similar she’s conscionable specified an inspiration to follow. She’s not conscionable an actor. She’s besides a shaper and has her ain company. That’s truly inspiring.” I Wanna Dance With Somebody is retired successful theaters now.

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