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Great Character: Vivian Ward (“Pretty Woman”) | by Scott Myers

Several of the film's most famous scenes were improvised or unplanned. For instance, the moment Edward snaps the jewelry box shut on Vivian’s fingers was a prank played by Richard Gere on Julia Roberts, and her genuine laugh was so perfect that director Garry Marshall kept it in the final cut . Pretty Woman

Julia Roberts was not the first choice for Vivian. Many prominent actresses, including Molly Ringwald and Karen Allen, turned down the role due to the subject matter . Al Pacino also famously passed on the role of Edward after doing a reading with Roberts . Great Character: Vivian Ward (“Pretty Woman”) | by

Released on March 23, 1990, Pretty Woman is an American romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall that became a cultural phenomenon and cemented Julia Roberts as a Hollywood superstar . Originally conceived as a dark drama titled 3,000 , the film was reconceived by Disney's Touchstone Pictures into the "modern fairy tale" audiences know today . Many prominent actresses, including Molly Ringwald and Karen