Pretty Woman fans got a real treat Tuesdaywhen the cast from the hit 1990 film reunited on the TODAY show. Julia Roberts andRichard Gere looked just as good as they did 25 years ago along with Laura SanGiacomo and director Gary Marshall who were there for the reunion.
The cast of Pretty Woman reunited Tuesday for a sit down interview Photo: Getty Images
Matt Lauer chatted with the excitedbunch who hadn't seen each other in over two decades. "It feels like 45 years," Richard said. "But likeI said, that was two marriages ago for me." Aside from catching up, thecast also discussed elements of the film that perhaps many people didn't know.
First, it wasn't even meant to be aromantic comedy. It was originally supposed to be a cautionary tale about drugabuse called "3,000," a reference to the price Julia's character wasto be paid. And the ending was meant to be entirely different as well. "Inthe original script, Richard's character throws my character out of thecar," said Julia. "Threw the money on top of her and drove away andthe credits rolled."
Richard and Julia had great on-screen chemistry Photo: Getty Images
The film took on its morelighthearted nature after director Gary Marshall was brought on and it was soldto Disney. But then Julia had to be reconsidered as she was originally cast for thedarker film. "I was cast in 3,000 before it went to Gary," saidJulia. "And over a happy weekend of having a job it was sold to Disney andI was out of a job."
A relatively unknown actress at thetime, Julia had to re-audition and landed the part again before screen-testing withmale actors to find her leading man. Richard admits he initially passed on thescript a few times until he met Julia and realized they had great chemistry.
Julia admitted she loved filming the car scenes Photo: Getty Images
The on-screen duo recalled theirfavorite scenes. "Driving around Hollywood in the car was prettyhilarious," said Julia. "Basically, any scene where Julia waswalking," added Richard.
And though it was a massive boxoffice hit, there was never a sequel to the beloved film. "We made a pact a long time [ago] — when we did it,"Marshall said. "We said, we're not doing Pretty Woman 2 unless we all doit together. And we didn't do it."
Watch the entire interview below:
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