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20 Things You Didn't Know About the Movie "Pretty Woman" That Will Change Your Perception

by N/A, 10 years ago | 3 min read

This year marks 25 years since the iconic Pretty Woman was released. Celebrate the film that put Julia Roberts on the map with these 20 facts. 

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1. Pretty Woman is the fourth highest grossing romantic comedy in U.S. history.

It made 178.4 million at the box office. It was beat my My Big Fat Greek Wedding, What Women Want and Hitch.

2. The first version of the film was a much darker story.

It was called 3000 and it was not a love story. It was about two broken people who spent a week together, but don't fall for each other at the end. 

3. The film was nominated for four Golden Globes.
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Julia Roberts won the award for best actress and was also nominated for an Oscar for the role. 

4. Four screenwriters works on flipping the scripted into a rom-com.

J.F. Lawton is credited as the screenwriter because he wrote more than half of the script, but Robert Garland, Stephen Metcalfe and Barbara Benedek all contributed to it. 

5. The infamous shopping scene is from the original screenplay.
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The scene where the woman working the store assumes that Vivian couldn't possibly afford anything there was a part of the film when it was still called 3000. But the "Big mistake" line was added later. 

6. Julia Roberts was always interested in the role of Vivian Ward.

Even before the production company behind 3000 flopped, she was interested in the role. 

7. Roberts helped to pick her leading man.

She did screen tests with Tom Conti, Charles Grodin and Sam Neill, but felt that Richard Gere was best for the role of Edward. 

8. It's called a "Cinderella Complex" film.
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Box Office Mojo places it in the category because of the theme of transformation. Other films categorized this way are The Devil Wears Prada, Ever After and She's All That.

9. The original film ended at Disneyland.

In the final scenes of 3000, Vivian and her friend Kit go to Disneyland. This scene was cut when the movie was turned into a romantic comedy. Ironically enough, the movie was later produced by Disney. 

10. The red dress Vivian wears was designed by Marilyn Vance-Straker.

She's a costume designer that has worked on Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Breakfast Club.

11. The gold necklace from the movie is worth a quarter of a million dollars.

It was loaned to production for those scenes and came with its own security guard. 

12. Vivian sings Prince's "Kiss" in the bathtub, but the song doesn't appear on the movie soundtrack.
13. Roy Orbison's "Oh Pretty Woman" does appear on the soundtrack.
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14. The film was shot at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

It was the only hotel who would allow production to shoot inside and outside of the hotel. Other shots were filmed at the Ambassador Hotel.

15. The director, Garry Marshall, makes a brief cameo in the film.

The homeless man who Edward asks for directions at the beginning of the film is voiced by Marshall.

16. Julia Roberts is not on the film's poster.

A body double named Shelley Michelle posed for the photo and Roberts' head was superimposed on it. 

17. One of the most important scenes was added by a female producer.
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Laura Ziskin, a producer on the film, is credited with turning the movie into a fairy tale. She added the pivotal last line that Vivian says when Edward finds her on the fire escape: "And she saves him right back."

18. The opera that Vivian and Edward attend is called La Traviata.
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The opera is actually about a prostitute named Violetta who falls in love with a rich man. The opera doesn't have a happy ending, because Violetta dies in her lover's arms of tuberculosis.

19. The fancy restaurant scene was shot at an actual restaurant.

The restaurant is in downtown LA and is called The Cicada. It's also appeared in Bruce Almighty and Indecent Proposal.

20. Many famous actors and actresses turned down the both starring roles

Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daryl Hannah, Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Connelly, Albert Brooks and Jeff Bridges all could've starred in the film. 

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