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Forest Whitaker as John Houston
It would require an actor of this Oscar-winner's caliber to pull off the part of Houston's father and business manager. While much of the media's attention has been fixated on the alleged lawsuit between them in 2003 — which remained unresolved when John died that year — the film would give the world a chance to see him as the doting father who raised Whitney to be the amazing woman she became.
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