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The Bodyguard, 1992
Whitney was handpicked by The Bodyguard co-star Kevin Costner to play the role of Rachel Marron. The actor received a lot of flak for selecting an African American woman lead, but he recently said on The Meredith Vieira Show, “I thought she was the cutest girl I’ve ever seen.”