{"id":601768,"date":"2026-04-23T14:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/601768\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:58:15","slug":"kat-graham-confirms-role-as-diana-ross-was-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/601768\/","title":{"rendered":"Kat Graham Confirms Role as Diana Ross Was Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/michael\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael_1\" data-tag=\"michael\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael<\/a> Jackson fans will not get to see actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/kat-graham\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kat-graham_1\" data-tag=\"kat-graham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kat Graham<\/a> portray <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/diana-ross\/\" id=\"auto-tag_diana-ross_1\" data-tag=\"diana-ross\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diana Ross<\/a> in forthcoming biopic Michael. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGraham took to social media Thursday to confirm that the scenes she filmed as the legendary Supremes singer did not end up in the final version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/lionsgate\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lionsgate_1\" data-tag=\"lionsgate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionsgate<\/a> feature due to \u201ccertain legal considerations.\u201d Hitting theaters Friday, director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/antoine-fuqua\/\" id=\"auto-tag_antoine-fuqua_1\" data-tag=\"antoine-fuqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antoine Fuqua<\/a>\u2018s biopic stars Jackson\u2019s nephew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jaafar-jackson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jaafar-jackson_1\" data-tag=\"jaafar-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaafar Jackson<\/a> as the pop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/music\/\" id=\"auto-tag_music_1\" data-tag=\"music\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">music<\/a> superstar, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/colman-domingo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_colman-domingo_1\" data-tag=\"colman-domingo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colman Domingo<\/a> playing his father, Joe Jackson, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/nia-long\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nia-long_1\" data-tag=\"nia-long\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nia Long<\/a> as mother Katherine. Miles Teller, Laura Harrier and Larenz Tate round out the cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cAhead of the April 24 release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/michael-jackson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael-jackson_1\" data-tag=\"michael-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jackson<\/a> film, I want to share that certain legal considerations affected a few scenes, including ones I filmed with an incredible cast,\u201d Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KatGraham\/status\/2047285567541416132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">posted<\/a> to X. \u201cUnfortunately, these moments are no longer part of the final cut, though the team worked hard to preserve as much of the story as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tTHR\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/michael-jackson-biopic-22-days-additional-photography-1236228058\/\">previously reported<\/a>\u00a0that an initial, longer version of the movie was set to feature scenes showing Jackson dealing with child sexual abuse allegations. The third act included a portrayal of an accuser whose past settlement with the performer\u2019s estate stipulated that he would never be dramatized, leading the film to be retooled. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/michael-jackson-movie-sequel-1236571208\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">second movie<\/a> focusing on the latter portion of Jackson\u2019s life prior to his 2009 death has been in development from Lionsgate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJackson shared a close relationship with Ross after the pair met during his time as a child performer with the Jackson 5. His brother Jermaine Jackson has said that Michael Jackson wrote the romantic 1992 song \u201cRemember the Time\u201d with Ross in mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGraham is known for her role in the series The Vampire Diaries and for such recent features as Love in the Villa and Tyler Perry\u2019s Duplicity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn his\u00a0Michael\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/michael-review-michael-jackson-biopic-jaafar-jackson-1236568847\/\">review for\u00a0THR<\/a>, chief film critic David Rooney called the feature \u201csurprisingly affecting\u201d and also noted, \u201cThe film leaves itself open to accusations of making Michael a saint, which will not sit well with the cancel crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson fans will not get to see actress Kat Graham portray Diana Ross in forthcoming biopic Michael.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[27451,27452,84741,88,27453,261837,14968,27354,27355,216,27454],"class_list":{"0":"post-601768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-antoine-fuqua","9":"tag-colman-domingo","10":"tag-diana-ross","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-jaafar-jackson","13":"tag-kat-graham","14":"tag-lionsgate","15":"tag-michael","16":"tag-michael-jackson","17":"tag-music","18":"tag-nia-long"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}