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Famous Actress Says She Couldn’t Portray Character in Breakout Film Now: ‘It’s Impossible’
Julia Roberts says cultural shifts and her life experience make it impossible to portray Vivian Ward's innocence in Pretty Woman, which grossed over $463 million worldwide.
- Julia Roberts said she would not star in Pretty Woman if made today, declining to reprise Vivian Ward as cultural views have shifted.
- Amid shifting cultural views, Julia Roberts explained in her Deadline interview that `Oh, it's impossible. I have too many years of the weight of the world inside of me now that I wouldn't be able to kind of levitate in a movie like that, right?` due to personal growth and changing ideas.
- The film starred Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward opposite Richard Gere's Edward Lewis, and the romantic comedy grossed more than $463 million worldwide.
- Roberts recalled the cast had a beautiful time and the production was cast to perfection by Mary Selway, adding she nearly turned down the role before being charmed by the team.
- While promoting After the Hunt, Julia Roberts recalled, `Gosh, I just remember when my agent called me about Notting Hill and I thought, 'Well that sounds like the dumbest idea of any movie I could ever do...
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Some great film classics are difficult to revisit today, under the filter of a society that no longer thinks in black and white. Specifically, the codes of some female roles gnash in our heads if we are presented by women subjected to outdated gender roles. In 1990, when actress Julia Roberts (Atlanta, 58) played a prostitute named Vivian Ward who lives a more than unlikely love story with a handsome businessman (Richard Gere), viewers left the …
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Julia Roberts believes that 35 years later, viewers see Pretty Woman differently - "Times change, people change"
35 years after the film's release, Julia Roberts admits that her view of Pretty Woman has changed.
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