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Heather Graham Says She Couldn’t Be in ‘Heathers’ Because Her Conservative Parents Threatened to Kick Her Out of the House

Heather Graham wrote, directed and stars in the new film Chosen Family, and chosen family is a concept close to her heart: The Boogie Nights and The Hangover

Graham spoke with The Hollywood Reporter senior writer Chris Gardner as her own chosen family looked on from the front row — including one of her best friends, Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About You screenwriter Karen McCullah. Once she was no longer reliant on her parents, she began taking on roles in now-praised films that shocked some people at the time — like the drug addict Nadine inGus Van Sant’s 1989 Drugstore Cowboy, the porn starlet Rollergirl in P.T. She also recalled Sarah Jessica Parker giving her a gift certificate for a foot massage after she mentioned, while shooting a Sex and the City episode, that she didn’t love wearing heels.

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