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Angela BassettWhile at the Emmy Monday night, Angela Bassett was asked about the controversy surrounding the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic, “I Will Always Love You: The Whitney Houston Story.” that she is directing for Lifetime.

Bassett told Billboard.com, “Controversy can be good. It can pique your interest.”  She said, “It felt like it was flowing from the beginning. Except me with the learning curve, you know. Coming from one side of the camera to the other.”

Whitney’s mother Cissy previously said she is not happy with the production. She said, “No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby. …I find it difficult to believe people who knew and supposedly loved her would participate in a movie about her done by folks who didn’t know her.”