X Factor star Alexandra Burke to star in Tina Turner-inspired blockbuster
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thesun.co.ukSHE’S used to treading the boards in the West End in productions including The Bodyguard and Chicago. And now Alexandra Burke is preparing to see her name on the big screen.
I can exclusively reveal The X Factor 2008 winner has landed the lead in a big budget Tina Turner-inspired film. It is being made by the BBC and BFI and is due to be released next year.
Alex, who played Whitney Houston’s character Rachel Marron in West End musical The Bodyguard in 2014, is so committed to the part she has bought herself a £2,000 Peloton bike to get her legs looking as toned as the singing legend’s pins.
A film insider said: “In the film she plays a young musician trying to land her big break just like Tina and will sing some of her most iconic songs.
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