15 interesting facts about the film "Pretty Woman" (15 photos)

Al Pacino, armed guard on the set, $3,000 sociopathic millionaire, forehead massage and other interesting facts about the movie. And about each in more detail.





1. $3,000 sociopathic billionaire drug addict prostitute or original movie script

The original title of the painting was "$3000" - that's exactly what was Vivian's price for a week. It was planned to make a dark drama about billionaire sociopath drug addict who "removed" representative of the oldest profession for a week. At the end of the story billionaire dumps Vivian with $3,000, who fulfills a childhood dream and goes to Disneyland, where he dies from a drug overdose.



Julia Roberts said: "Richard's hero at the end had to push my heroine out of the car, throw money at her, and these banknotes were supposed to scatter on the asphalt.

When Disney bought the script, the producers of the film I had to rewrite it. As a result, we got a good comedy, and the main characters have no bad habits.

2. Cast

And here everything was not at all smooth. Initially, Julia Roberts was approved for a painting called "$3000". after sale script, the actress again had to audition for the role, but already with Garry Marshall.



Since at that moment, 22-year-old Julia Roberts was practically unknown to anyone, then the role of Vivian was invited such actresses like Sandra Bullock, Uma Thurman, Sarah Jessica Parker and others, but they all turned down the role.

Demi Moore was invited to the role of Kit (Vivian's friend), but she refused. Then the role was approved by Laura San Giacomo, who handled her well.



And for the role of billionaire Edward Lewis, the famous actor Burt Reynolds, but he refused it. Al did the same Pacino and Christopher Reeve.



Burt Reynolds in his youth

After the success of the film, in one interview, actor Bert Reynolds was asked why he refused. The actor replied: "Because I'm an idiot"

3 Julia Roberts Persuaded Richard Gere



It all happened like this: Richard Gere refused the role, citing the fact that he never starred before in comedy films. But on joint auditions, the film crew I noticed a special chemistry between the actors. The actor accepted the role after requests from Julia Roberts, who slipped him a note with the text: "Please say YES."

By the way, the difference between the main characters was 18 years. Richard Gere was 40 and Julia Roberts was 22

4. "Porsche"? or Ferrari? No "Lotus"



Automakers "Porsche" and "Ferrari" so much feared drop in sales from such a scandalous storyline that they abandoned provide your car to the film crew. One came to the rescue from the producers of the film by borrowing his Lotus Esprit sports car.

After the success of the painting, car sales tripled

5. Jacket for 30 bucks



The costume designer couldn't find the right one for heroine outerwear until he saw a boy in a red jacket. Far I didn't have to go, the famous red jacket was bought from the usher nearest cinema for $30.

6. Vein on the forehead



Shooting bed scenes was given to the young actress hard, because of which Julia often worried. So in one of the scenes at the actress, because excitement popped a vein on his forehead. Director Garry Marshall had to "join" in bed with the actors, where, together with Richard Gere, he became intensively massage the forehead of the actress until the vein has disappeared.

But there is one thing, but when the vein disappeared, the actress began to hives and to continue working, Julia had to smear her face calamine (skin soothing lotion)

7. Sincere laughter



In the scene, Vivienne is lying on the floor watching I Love Lucy. Forachieving sincere laughter director Garry Marshall tickled her feet for overs.

8. It didn't close on purpose

The episode where Edward opens the necklace box to reveal its vivant and it closes by pure chance. And the emotions of the heroes in this the moment is real and sincere. The director liked it and he decided leave it in the movie.

Vivian could appear in the frame in a black dress, the costume designer insisted on red

9. $250,000 necklace and armed guards



The necklace was borrowed from one of the jewelry stores and moment cost $250,000. The store itself, for the safety of the necklace, put an armed guard who, during the filming of the scenes with the necklace, was closest.

10. Coincidence? I don't think

Edward Lewis and Vivian went to the opera "La Traviata". And it's not by chance, because the opera was about a prostitute who fell in love with a rich man.



11. The talent of Richard Gere

It turns out that the actor has been fond of music since childhood. That's why the episode in which the hero performs an etude on the piano was not only performed, but also written by the actor himself.

12. Very strong detergent



Who would have thought that in the episode where Vivian takes bath, could there be an incident? And he happened. To achieve a large foam in bath detergent was added, which, when the heroine dived into water, washed the dye from her hair. Therefore, the film crew had to urgently dye Julia Roberts hair.

13. Oh Pretty Woman

If not for the Roy Orbison song Oh, Pretty Woman, which was chosen as the soundtrack for the film, the tape would have been called "3000$". After film premieres, the song, released in 1964, regained its popularity. And in 1991, its author was posthumously awarded the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and in 2004 the song Oh, Pretty Woman was ranked 222 in the list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" according to Rolling Stone magazine.

14. Posters for the film and other people's bodies of heroes



As you can see, on the poster, Richard Gere is noticeably younger, and these bodies do not belong to the actors at all. And all because Richard Gere and Julia Roberts started working on other projects. That's why the film crew had to get out and "photoshop" actors' heads to their stunt doubles.

15. Letters in the name of the hotel



At the beginning of the film, after the credits, we see that only the two letters on the sign "HO" are slang for moths.