The ER doc treating her decides to test her blood, knowing she's a prostitute and bingo — it turns out she's HIV positive. Without the means to pay for more drugs, Kit develops full-blown AIDS and dies in 1997.
Originally called $3,000, the price for Vivian to spend the week with Edward, the film ended with the “couple” separating. The businessman left the young woman on the pavement where they had met a few days earlier, throwing the promised cash out the window in exchange for her company.
Who turned down the role of Vivian in Pretty Woman?
Molly Ringwald doesn't consider her decision to turn down the lead role in Pretty Woman a big mistake — or even a huge one. The actress, who dominated the '80s in films like Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club, explained why she passed on playing Vivian Ward in the 1990 romantic comedy.
Despite its surprise success, going on to become one of the top-grossing movies of the year, the director and his stars vowed to never do a sequel. "We made a pact a long time [ago] —when we did it," Marshall revealed to Today. "We said, we're not doing Pretty Woman 2 unless we all do it together."
It is supposed to be $3000, but the amount appears to be around $1500. This is most likely because the director realized that when Vivian folded the money to put in her purse, $3000 would have been too thick and bulky. When first seen in bed, Vivian wears bikini panties.
“Slippery little suckers,” has to be one of the most famous lines from Pretty Woman. Vivian says this in the fancy French restaurant when she accompanies Edward to his business meeting with James Morse and his grandson.
Edward offers Vivian $3,000 to accompany him for a week and pretend to be his girlfriend. He's in town to complete a corporate takeover and needs someone to join him at a host of business events. Vivian accepts the offer with excitement, but she's about to learn that Edward's world is very different from her own.
It's hard to imagine anyone playing the part of Vivian other than Julia herself but she wasn't the director's first choice of actress. In fact, Meg Ryan was offered the role and turned it down. Kim Basinger, Melanie Griffith and Sarah Jessica Parker were also offered the part before Julia.
Drew Barrymore, Patricia Arquette, Brooke Shields, Uma Thurman, and Kristin Davis auditioned for the role of Vivian. Meg Ryan, who was a top choice of Marshall's, turned it down as well. According to a note written by Marshall, Mary Steenburgen was also among the first choices.
The Director's Cut of "Pretty Woman" features additional dialogue during the first encounter of Edward and Vivian; additonal scenes featuring Carlos the pimp chasing after Vivian for the money Kit owes him; a longer restaurant sequence, and a longer montage of scenes when Edward takes the day off from work to spend ...
Climax – Edward (the rich business man) offers Vivienne (the prostitute) $3000 to stay with him for a week and accompany him in his business events since his girlfriend broke up with him right before his business trip. Falling action: After this week, she started to adopt, and they both got attached to one another.
v.f. -or- version française = version has been dubbed in French. Special Note: A listing for the movie that does not have v.o. or v.f. after it normally indicates it is an actual French movie and is shown in French with no subtitles.
Kit: You clean up real nice. You sure don't fit in down on the Boulevard lookin' like you do, not that you ever did. Vivian: Well, thanks, but it's easy to clean up when you got money.
After his recent breakup, he didn't want to get into a complicated relationship again. So he picked up Vivian, a hooker he saw on Hollywood Boulevard. He hired her for $3000 to stay with him for a week at the Regent Beverly Wilshire as his "niece." He's never met anyone quite like Vivian.
He picks up Vivian from the boulevard just because he wants to save money. He still has a girlfriend in New York and he is in fact cheating on her by being with Vivian. He humiliates Vivian by offering her to his friend William.
Jennifer Wilbanks gained notoriety in the United States and internationally, and her story persisted as a major topic of national news coverage for some time after she was found unharmed.
Initially, according to "Hard Copy," Touchstone denied using a double. Today, the studio admits that Miss Michelle was the body double for Ms. Roberts. Miss Michelle says she again had the opportunity to double as Kim Basinger's legs last summer, but was asked not to reveal the film's title.
Before Seinfeld, Jason Alexander had another major claim to fame. He was in the blockbuster movie Pretty Woman. Alexander played Richard Gere's lawyer. If you didn't get that he's sleazy by this point in the movie, he famously slaps Julia Roberts.
