When he was 70 years old, Kevin Costner remembers the end Whitney Houston.
Costner celebrated his 70th trip around the sun on Saturday, January 18, sharing a throwback photo via Instagram Story of himself and the late singer on set in 1992 Bodyguard. The couple both starred in the romantic thriller, which earned two Oscar nominations in 1993 for Best Original Song.
“This photo reminds me how lucky I am to be able to celebrate another birthday,” said the Yellow stone the star wrote. “We lost such a light when we lost Whitney.”
The photo was originally shared via Houston’s Instagram, now run by his estate, to honor Costner’s milestone birthday. “Happy birthday to Kevin Costner!” » said the legend. “Behind the scenes photo of The bodyguard with Kevin, Whitney and Ellin LaVarWhitney’s hairdresser for the film.
Costner has previously spoken openly about the love he still has for Houston, who died in 2012 at the age of 48. “I loved her — it’s not like this giant mystery — so I knew she would have to be the one,” he said on a June 2024 episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast.
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At the time, Costner, who also produced the film, recalled that Bodyguard Director Mick Jackson was “scared” of Houston, so the actor “started guiding her” on set. The actor said he had to advise the singer to “not bring an entourage” while filming the film.
“And I wasn’t trying to usurp my director, but I made him a promise that I wouldn’t screw him over,” Costner continued, noting that he had promised Houston that the film would do well in theaters despite a poor reception during test screenings. .
“I was always going to keep my promise to her,” he said. “(I said): ‘I will take care of you if there is someone important to you’ – turned out to be Robyn Crawford —I said, “Let’s have Robyn with you.” And that’s how we started.
He added: “I don’t know what it was, but we had a moment and I realized the world had a better idea of who we were, so I basically embraced it. I was his imaginary bodyguard.”
Since his death, the Dances with Wolves elder spoke candidly about her heritage and was one of many friends and loved ones who spoke in his honor at his funeral in 2012.
“Whitney is going home today, to the place where it all began,” he told mourners at the time. “And I urge all of us, inside and out, across the country and around the world, to dry our tears, to suspend our grief – and perhaps our anger – just long enough, just long enough long to remember Whitney’s sweet miracle.”
“Here we go, Whitney, here we go,” he continued. “Escorted by an army of angels to your Heavenly Father, and when you sing before Him, don’t worry…you will be well enough.”