Where to watch Pretty Woman (1990)

Trivia & production notes

• Disney president Jeffrey Katzenberg pushed the studio to reimagine the original dark drama screenplay as a modern fairy tale and romantic comedy instead.
• The script's title was changed from '3000' because Disney executives thought it sounded like a science fiction film.
• Al Pacino read for the role of Edward but turned it down after being cast in The Godfather Part III.
• Director Garry Marshall told Richard Gere during filming that in the movie, 'one of you moves and one of you does not,' which influenced Gere's more restrained performance.
• Julia Roberts was only 21 years old and relatively unknown when cast as Vivian, having only done the sleeper hit Mystic Pizza and the yet-to-be-released Steel Magnolias.
• Meg Ryan, who was the studio and director's top choice for Vivian, turned down the role.
• Ferrari and Porsche both declined product placement opportunities for Edward's car because they did not want to be associated with the film's prostitution storyline.
• The jeweled jewelry case scene where Richard Gere snaps the lid on Julia Roberts' fingers was improvised, and her surprised laugh was genuine and unscripted.
• Julia Roberts experienced such stress during the love scene that a vein became visible on her forehead, requiring massage from director Marshall and co-star Gere, and she broke out in hives that needed calamine lotion treatment.
• The film's budget was $14 million, allowing producers to shoot in multiple Los Angeles locations including Beverly Hills and soundstages at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.

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