Taylor Swift Remembers Whitney Houston as "Relatable"

Big Machine RecordsThough Taylor Swift wasn't even born when Whitney Houston's career launched in the mid-80s, the late superstar had a big impact on her.  "I was a huge fan of Whitney," Taylor told E! at the L.A. premiere of her new movie Dr. Seuss's The Lorax.  "And I was also a fan of her spirit.  She was always smiling and I just always felt like she was relatable."

Like Whitney before her, Taylor has crossed over into the film world, and Taylor was reportedly in talks to appear as Eponine in the upcoming film adaptation of Les Misérables.  That role went to another actress, but Taylor isn't losing any sleep over it. She says, "Things sometimes don't happen, and it happens all the time that things don't come together.  But the thing about my life is that everybody seems to know all these different versions of stories that may or may not be true."

Taylor voices the character Audrey in Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, in theaters March 2.

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