‘Austin Powers’ star Heather Graham hasn’t spoken to ‘estranged’ parents after they warned Hollywood is ‘evil’

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Heather Graham hasn’t spoken to her parents in almost 30 years.Graham recalled leaving home at 18 to move to West Hollywood, California, to follow her dreams of becoming part of the entertainment industry.

At the time, her father warned her that Hollywood would “claim [her] soul.”“He regularly told me that the entertainment industry was evil and that Hollywood would claim my soul,” Graham said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

She noted that her parents “were part of a generation that didn’t believe in therapy or discussing personal things, so I never felt I could talk to them.”Following the premiere of her movie “License to Drive” in 1988, Graham knew it was time to move out of her parents’ home.“When the movie came out, I was 18, living at home had become more difficult,” she said. “I said to myself, ‘I’ve got to get out of here, I’ve got to be successful, and I’ve got to be a movie star.’”Graham continued, “I found an apartment in West Hollywood with another girl from high school — a working model who was also investing in real estate on the side.

Living with her was freeing.”When Graham was 9 years old, her family relocated from Virginia to Agoura Hills, California. At the time, the actress felt that she went from being “popular” on the East Coast to not “fitting in” on the West Coast.“In Virginia, I had a tomboy phase and loved exploring the woods.