Even after the couple parted ways, she remained deeply in love with Elvis.
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On the night that he died, Thompson was the first person that his young daughter Lisa Marie chose to liên hệ after receiving the dreadful news of her father's passing.
Years after, Linda married Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner), and then married again to music producer David Foster who became her songwriting partner, teaming up on 'I Have Nothing'.
Recently she spoke about the inspiration behind the song, saying: "That tuy vậy was definitely inspired by my living with Elvis."
"I knew what it was like to live with the biggest male diva of all time. I had to write this lyric around Whitney Houston who was the female diva in The Bodyguard."
"So I took some of the happenings & some of my feelings about having lived with Elvis và wrote about it in The Bodyguard."
She drew parallels between Whitney's lead character Rachel Marron, who was a pop star in the film, & Elvis.
"Like (the lyrics) 'Stay in my arms if you dare or must I imagine you there" – because it was a challenge to be with someone who was that larger than life, someone who was such a huge rock star" she goes on to lớn say.
Obviously inspired by her lasting love long after their breakup, the tuy vậy is tinged with regret, as Thompson knew Elvis would never settle down into the married life she hoped for.
She also had her own ambitions of becoming a singer-songwriter, which came to lớn fruition later in life alongside her David Foster.
"I wanted khổng lồ carve out my own position in life, write my own songs, carve out my own career, have my kids và my family and then write about my life & where he fit into it, which is, of course, the greatest love imaginable."
It didn't work out that way, but as we now know 'I Have Nothing' became a major hit because of Whitney's incredible vocal performance.
And Thompson recalled what happened seeing Whitney belt it out in the recording studio:
"She was a racehorse, stepped up khổng lồ the microphone without any warm-ups, and just hit those big notes."
Surprisingly, The Bodyguard didn't have the long list of powerhouse tracks for its leading lady at first.
Whitney's long-term producer Clive Davis later revealed the story behind the soundtrack.
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"Typically, the head of any record label is going to want more music throughout the film but unless you establish Whitney’s stardom, the script didn’t provide that."
"So I wrote a letter khổng lồ the director & Kevin
He was emphatically correct, with The Bodyguard soundtrack eventually going on lớn sell over 45 million copies worldwide, helped by the success of 'I Have Nothing'.