What If Pretty Woman Was A Darker Film?
By all accounts, Pretty Woman may stand alone as the best romantic film ever. While there are other films that can take a shot at the title, Pretty Woman was the ultimate fairytale film. But what if it wasn’t? There were reports that there was an original script that was darker than the version we’ve come to know.
According to Screen Rant, the original film titled “3,000“, not Pretty Woman. What that film would have focused on would have been the darker side of prostitution. But there was one problem, Julia Roberts refused to be a part of that. She had this to say in an interview explaining the changes to the original script.
I had no business being in a movie like that. This small movie company folded over the weekend, and by Monday, I didn’t have a job. There was one producer that stayed with the script, and it went to Disney. I thought, ‘Went to Disney? Are they going to animate it?’ Garry Marshall came on, and because he’s a great human being, he felt it would only be fair to meet me, since I had this job for three days and lost it. And they changed the whole thing. And it became more something that is in my wheelhouse.
Can you imagine what the movie would have been like? Would Roberts still be regarding as the darling that she is now? While she did star in a few films prior, it was her role as Vivian Ward that catapulted her to iconic status. It also sent Richard Gere in heartthrob mode as well. But what if each starred in the darker version?
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Pretty Woman was all smiles and affection. But 3,000 would have possibly included more drugs, violence, and death. Roberts does not fit into the mold and at the time, neither did Gere. The end scene that everyone loves on the fire escape was not supposed to happen.
Instead of Edward coming to her rescue, Vivian was supposed to be tossed out of the limo and left in a dark alley after the money owed to her was thrown at her as she lay on the ground. Wow, talk about gritty!
Fans of Pretty Woman are happy with the version we got. But a darker movie would have possibly ruined the careers of Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.
Mark has been covering Sports and Entertainment for the past six years. His work has been featured on Bleacher Report, ESPN, Fox Sports, Teen Vogue, and many other websites.
