

ROBERTS: "Driving around in the car in Hollywood was pretty hilarious," says Roberts of when she first meets Richard, who is struggling to drive his lawyer's Lotus. "It was so sweet, and I said (to Marshall), 'I just said yes.'" "She turns it around and she pushes it to me, and it said, 'Please say yes!'" he recalled. … And (Marshall) calls up and is kind of like, 'How's it going?'" "We're getting to know each other," he explained. Luckily, he did get Roberts, and their chemistry was undeniable.

(BECAUSE CLEARLY SHE WAS JUST FLOSSING HER TEETH FROM ALL THOSE STRAWBERRY SEEDS!)īut even after the script changed to what we now know and love, Gere wasn't sold when they approached him about the part. From Julia Roberts ‘s bathtub sing-along to Richard Gere ‘s necklace box prank, there are plenty of scenes from Pretty Woman that are still unforgettable 25 years after the film’s debut. THANK GOODNESS FOR DISNEY AND MARSHALL, WHO SWOOPED IN TO SAVE IT! "At the end of the original script, Richard's character threw my character out of the car, threw the money on top of her and drove away and the credits rolled," explains Roberts. 1 Video 99+ Photos Comedy Romance A reporter is assigned to write a story about a woman who has left a string of fiancs at the altar. And Vivian was a DRUG ADDICT!Īnd it was called 3,000, in reference to how much money Gere's character, Edward, paid Julia's character, Vivian.
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THE ORIGINAL MOVIE WASN'T THE CINDERELLA STORY WE'VE ALL COME TO LOVE. "It seems like 45 years… Honesty, it feels like a long time ago we did that," says Gere. "If I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time," joked Matt Lauer at the start of theToday show chat, referencing, of course, one of Roberts' classic lines from the movie.Īnd what we learned might blow your mind.ĭOES THE MOVIE SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME AGO? Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo and Laura San Giacomo, along with director Garry Marshall, got together to reminisce about the tale of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a hooker. 'They had auditioned Al Pacino, they had auditioned Michelle Pfeiffer, and it would definitely have been a different movie if had it been Al Pacino and Michelle. Can you believe it's been 25 years since Pretty Woman hit theaters? And for the first time since then, the cast had a little reunion. Writer JF Lawton later praised Richard Gere and Julia for putting their stamp on it, leading to a more happy ending than what was originally conceived.
