A car blunder inJulia Roberts' $463 million comedy led to a totally different movie, but none of it made it into the final cut. The actress first gained recognition during the late 1980s for her roles in the romantic comedyMystic Pizzaand the dramedySteel Magnolias, the latter resulting in her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. During the 1990s,Roberts would becomeone of Hollywood’s biggest and most bankable stars, starting with the blockbuster rom-comPretty Woman, which also earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Pretty Womanmade over $463 million at the box office which, at the time of its release in 1990, was the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time, behind onlyE.T.,Star Wars,Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, andJaws. Throughout the 1990s, she starred in several more hit romantic comedies, such asMy Best Friend’s Wedding,Notting Hill, andRunaway Bride. However, in 2000, it was for the biographical legal dramaErin Brockovichthat Roberts finally won her first Academy Award for Best Actress.
A Car Blunder In Pretty Woman Led To A Totally Different Movie
But None Of It Made It To The Final Cut
A car blunder inPretty Womanled to a totally different movie, but none of it made it into the final cut. Directed by Gary Marshall,the 1990 rom-com stars Julia Roberts as a highly-priced call-girl, Vivian Ward, who is hired by Richard Gere’s wealthy corporate raider, Edward Lewis, to accompany him to various business and social functions, and their relationship ends up escalating over the course of a week. The movie alsostars Jason Alexanderas Edward’s insensitive lawyer and Amy Yasbeck as his wife.
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During an interview withEntertainment Tonightat the premiere ofThe Electric State, which happened to coincide with the 35th anniversary ofPretty Woman,Jason Alexander shared his favorite on-set memory from the film. He and Amy Yasbeck pulled up to the Polo Grounds in a Lotus car, and when she stepped out and slammed the door, the window shattered. The director kept rolling while the actors improvised for five minutes, telling a totally different movie, Alexander says, but none of it made it into the final cut. Read his full comments or watch the portion of the video below:
They gave us that fabulous Lotus car and when Amy Yasbeck and I pulled up at the Polo Grounds, we’re just supposed to get out of the car and somehow, for no reason, when she slammed her passenger door, the window shattered and Gary kept rolling the film, and we went for about 5 minutes. We told a whole other movie in that five minutes. None of it got in the film, but it was great at the blooper room.
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Actors Were Allowed To Improvise Freely
Jason Alexander’s story highlightshow Gary Marshall, an experienced comedic director, allowed his actors to improvise freely on the set ofPretty Woman. In fact, the moment when Richard Gere playfully closes the lid of the jewelry case on Julia Roberts' fingers was improvised, and her surprised laughter was genuine. Jason Alexander and Amy Yasbeck’s improvised five-minute scene didn’t make it intoPretty Woman, though it would be interesting to see how they told a totally different movie.
