Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard The Bodyguard grossed $410 million worldwide. Amazing … since it sucked. I know. I worked on it, an extra pretending to be one of a thousand excited audience members at the Oscars. And dancing the faux night away in a club while Whitney lip-synched her slender ass off. And cramming a would-be backstage staircase at a concert. This gig was my first look at the bizarre population called extras, expert at doing nothing and being no one: the pale,