The crown jewel had to be protected. And no, I’m not talking about Julia Roberts
You may have never heard of 3000, a harsh drama about a prostitute addicted to cocaine who is hired for a week for $3,000 (hence the title) in exchange for getting off the drug during those seven days. In the end, The client ends up kicking her out of his car and drives off without looking back., and the last shot is of her with her best friend from the guild going to Disneyland by bus. Doesn’t it sound familiar to you? Well you’ve seen it. Only then she was called pretty woman.
Walking down the street
When the script came to Disney, Jeffrey Katzenberg said he liked it, but the tone was totally wrong: it had to be a modern fairy tale, a romantic comedy, and that title of 3000 It sounded like science fiction. The result after a rewrite and editing that eliminated the few reminiscent layers of dark drama is the pretty woman that we all know. Of course, pFew know that, despite everything, there were guns during the filming of the film.
And not exactly a lie. And do you remember the scene in which Richard Gere shows Julia Roberts a piece of jewelry and quickly closes the box? It has often been said that it was an improvisation at the time, that Roberts’ laugh was genuine and that Gere was feeling unwell that day, but what is not usually told is that the jewel was real and cost $250,000 (double that now). with inflation). And, so that she would be safe, The jewelers forced a guard to watch her all the time and make sure nothing happened to her., staying out of plane. Afraid that Gere wanted to get a bonus?
pretty woman It cost 14 million, and raised 463, resulting in even greater subsequent success on VHS and whenever it airs on television. In fact, in Spain it was, for a long time, a milestone, from its first broadcast on La 1 (55.6% share, 9.2 million people) to the thirty-fifth on Telecinco in 2020, where it obtained a 14.1 % and 1.7 million viewers. And what’s left.
