ALEXANDRA, THE NEW WEST END STAR WHOS
LIVING HER DREAM, Londoner #21
In June 2014, Alexandra Burke took on her first stage role, as the star the hit musical, The Bodyguard, following in the footsteps of her idol Whitney Houston.
Alexandra rose to fame after winning X-factor in 2008. Shes since had international success, releasing two major studio albums and winning several awards for her music. But there is another passion of hers beyond singing that she has kept hidden for a long time - acting.
This new short documentary follows Alexandra for a day - as she travels from talk shows to luxury hotels, and eventually takes the stage at the Adelphi Theatre. She is constantly accompanied throughout by a loyal team of managers and stylists making it hard not to notice similarities between the life of her character in The Bodyguard.
1000 LONDONERS
This film is part of 1000 Londoners, a five-year digital project which aims to create a digital portrait of a city through 1000 of the people who identify themselves with it. The profile contains a 3 minute film that gives an insight into the life of the Londoner, as well as their personal photos of London and some answers to crucial questions about their views on London life. Over the course of the project we aim to reveal as many facets of the capital as possible, seeing city life from 1000 points of view.
Twitter: @1000_londoners
1000 Londoners is produced by South London based film production company and social enterprise, Chocolate Films. The filmmakers from Chocolate Films will be both
producing the films and providing opportunities to young people and community groups to make their own short documentaries, which will contribute to the 1000 films. Visit
Transcript:
There you go darling
Im putting you next to Sharon Osborne
Oh there you are. Love it!
Its my second week in the Bodyguard the musical
and Loose Women have kindly asked me to come in
to talk about it and how Im finding it.
Is it alright if I talk through the topics?
I have a lot of people around me that are very protective over me.
My family my management protect me with both both eyes
and eyes behind their head.
So its kind of hard to do anything that, to get past them really.
Last night some people in the cast came up to me and went, were just trying to work this out. Is he your man or Manager I said you guys did not just ask me that.
And I said, youre the reason why Im single. Every guy that
approaches me, looks at him and goes. Because he stands there and hes like what, you want to talk to my artist?
I dont stand like that at all.
But youve got the Tristan stance, the Bodyguard stance.
Yes you have.
So now Im actually trying to find her a boyfriend. Thats my mission.
Its God that works in mysterious ways. For me to have to take in this kind of role as my first ever acting job and for me to be the biggest fan of Whitney Huston, its crazy, in fact to how similar her story was to mine in my personal life.
Please welcome Bodyguard Star Alexandra Burke.
Singing is my love, absolutely music is my love. But acting is another lve of mine that Ive hidden away for a very very long time.
The transitions been actually very smooth and thats because Ive worked so hard, when I knew that this was going to happen automatically I go on a strict diet. Im now pretty boring, I do a show, I go home and I go to sleep.
I wake up and I just repeat the same thing.
This is a call to stand bye please for Miss Burke and all involved in Queen of the Night.
You know I woke up this morning exhausted and I thought
you know what, Im not in the mood today. Mt Manager Garry tells me Dionne Warwick is coming tonight and I said youre lying and he said, yes she is.
My energy lifted and simply because, she is a legend.
She introduced me to her son tonight, David. Whitney Huston is a cousin of theirs so shes family. To have Dionne Warwicks blessings tonight.
It just doesnt get any better than that.
I have to be strict on my self, I cant let the ball drop.
Its a sacrifice for three months and will hopefully lead to bigger and better things. Because where I want to go next, by Gods grace, Hollywood.
