The relationship ended with Edward striking Vivian to the ground, throwing the $3,000 at her, and leaving her screaming at him from the gutter where he first found her. Part of their week-long arrangement was that Vivian had to stay off cocaine for the duration. Edward was a ruthless corporate raider and Vivian a long-time, drug-addicted streetwalker. Lawton's script started out not as a peppy romantic comedy or modern-day Cinderella tale, but as a bleak drama.
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Even so, there's much you may not know about the movie - the difficulties in casting (Gere and Roberts weren't anyone's first, second, or third choices), crises on the set, what was left out of the final film, and how the principals reunited for the successful non-sequel "Runaway Bride." Here, then, are the secrets behind "Pretty Woman," many of them divulged by director Garry Marshall in his memoirs "Wake Me When It's Funny" and "My Happy Days in Hollywood."ġ. Plus, the film saved Gere's career and (along with 1989's "When Harry Met Sally") revived the romantic comedy genre in Hollywood.Ī quarter-century later, "Pretty Woman" remains a fan favorite, one you've seen a million times on cable. Mirroring her on-screen Cinderella makeover, Julia Roberts went from little-known ingenue to queen of Hollywood. But when the movie was released, 25 years ago this week (on March 23, 1990), the project was transformed from overlooked stepsister to box office royalty. It was a modestly-budgeted romantic comedy whose stars were Richard Gere (then in the depths of a career slump) and Eric Roberts's kid sister. “He always encouraged me to be meaner and bitchier, even on the set when I was working with Julia,” Young said.No one expected much from " Pretty Woman" when they were making it. “I think (Julia) knew this would be the part that launched her career, which it did.” Courtesy Dey Young Young was unaware what the film - originally called “3,000,” the amount negotiated for Roberts' character's rate - was really about, only that she was reading scenes involving a shopkeeper judging a girl. At the end of it, Alan told him I was an actress and (Marshall)was like, ‘Oh, really? Well, you know, I think I might have something for you.’”įrom there, Young said she went in for an audition.
We ended up winning our match, and that was a really fun thing. “Alan Thicke and I were friends and he invited me to a tennis party,” she said. Young had appeared in various films before “Pretty Woman” including “Rock 'n' Roll High School” and "Strange Behavior." She wasn’t planning to audition for it, until a chance encounter with Marshall recruited her. Throughout the film, Roberts' character, Vivian Ward, has to overcome various obstacles placed by the barriers of elitism in 1980s Beverly Hills, when unpalatable materialism was at its height. The seemingly unlikely duo provide for one of the best couples ever to fall in love on a fire escape. The 1990 film, loosely based on “Pygmalion,” follows a street-smart sex worker who gets hired by an invulnerable businessman. Huge!” Dey Young is the actor who unleashed her judgmental fury to Julia Roberts in that memorable moment. In “Pretty Woman,” the Garry Marshall-directed romantic comedy starring Richard Gere and then-Hollywood newcomer Julia Roberts, one scene continues to resonate to this day, featuring four legendary words: “Big mistake. When Darth Vader reveals he’s Luke’s father in “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” to when Marion Crane is sneaked up on in the shower in “Psycho,” these iconic movie moments have left an indelible mark on the silver screens and our minds.
There are scenes from the cinematic universe that are utterly unforgettable.
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