Your character, Robyn Crawford, is someone who was a key part of Whitney Houston's story, and she's still alive today. Did you have an opportunity to discuss the role with her?
I didn't have an opportunity to discuss the role [with Robyn], and I haven't met her yet, but I had a lot of support from Whitney's family, Clive Davis, [and] a lot of their friends and extended family who worked with them over the years, who gave me a lot of good gems and shared mannerisms and some personality traits of Robyn, and that was very helpful. I was grateful to have that.
Robyn's interesting in that she's at this key point in history where she's witnessing the rise and falling apart of a superstar, but this person's also her best friend. What did you want to bring to the character?
I wanted to show the loyalty that Robyn had [to] Whitney, and I think still has. I think she'll always have it, to a certain extent. Also, [I wanted to show] the love and adoration that she had for Whitney and how pure her intentions were, how much she had her back, how much of her protector she was.
This was a role that was about friendship, respecting the friendship, [and] the responsibility of the friendship. I had a really good time telling the story and sharing this story with fans who did not know this side of Whitney or who weren't able to know fully who Robyn was.
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