Julia Roberts Disclosed “Pretty Woman” Was Initially Named "3,000" And Had A Quite Hard-Hitting Ending

Laavanya Hien |Jun 22, 2019

Julia Robert - who turned heads for her impressive performance in "Pretty Woman" - said that Pretty Woman’s original ending was quite hard-hitting and dark.

Hollywood actress Julia Roberts turned heads for her impressive performance in the big hit romantic movie Pretty Woman which also stars Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo, Ralph Bellamy, and Hector Elizondo.

Especially, she surprised the audiences when essaying the role of one prostitute, opposite actor Richard Gere. To get into this character, the 51-year-old actress spent a lot of time with a number of prostitutes; hence, she could be assisted in acting as Vivian Ward successfully.

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During a recent sit-down with the TV series Actor on Actor of Variety, Julia had met with actress Patricia Arquette who disclosed that she initially auditioned for a film called “3,000” so many years ago. And almost all people don’t get a fact that classic film Pretty Woman was originally named “3,000”. Arquette added it had a really intense ending at first.

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On unveiling additional information about the movie, Julia Robert - who finally featured in it - said that Pretty Woman’s original ending was quite hard-hitting and dark. In fact, its ending was earlier expected to be really different.

To be more particular, the ending got her character in the film, Vivian Ward, to be thrown out of the car, then somebody “threw the money on the top of her, as memory serves, and only drove away, leaving her in some dirty alley.” What’s more, this movie never appeared for the first time as one small film company which got hold of the rights of the film “folded over the weekend”.

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Previously, Julia Roberts had also talked about some unknown facts regarding her role in Pretty Woman. The actress said that she earlier spent plenty of time with some prostitutes, each got paid $35 to talk with her prior to shooting for the Garry Marshall directorial.

The movie is highly appreciated to be among the greatest classics and also one of Julia’s most unforgettable film projects.

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