Taylor Swift Reportedly in Talks to Star in Remake of 'The Bodyguard'

This would be so iconic! Swift is reportedly "close to signing" on to play the lead in an upcoming remake of the 1992 Whitney Houston classic. The news comes after Sam Wrench, director of Swift's 2023 concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, has officially signed on to direct the remake. Find out everything we know here

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tania is the training rom for Taylor Swift is going
to be in The Bodyguard? Are you just saying that?
Are you just getting under what are you doing?

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Okay, what are you doing?

Speaker 2 (00:06):
I'll tell you what we know so far. So the
nineteen nineties classic starring Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard is getting
a remake, and yes it is happening, whether you want
it to or not. But according to Deadline, Sam Wrench,
who directed Taylor Swift's Eras Tour documentary, is spearheading this project.
So naturally this led people to wonder whether Taylor will

(00:28):
start again. Nothing has been confirmed, although The Daily Mail
is claiming that she is in final talks for the role.
So although she she's had very small roles in Cats
and then that small role in Valentine's Day do you
remember which Taylor? Yeah, But Taylor has spoken out about

(00:49):
directing and making a feature length film after directing the
music video for All Too Well with Sadie Sink. You
know she did that ten minute version of the song.
Tyra Banks has chimed in on her and she said
the original movie starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner and
it wouldn't be wouldn't it be so hot to flip
the races and make it Idris Elba as Taylor Swift's bodyguard. Yes, yeah,

(01:15):
so yes, this could be good.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
We don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Again, this is all just.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
What I've read, Tanya. I can only say you have
really sparked my interest in this, and I appreciate you
for that.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
I'll keep an eye on it.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
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