Pretty Woman could ve been pretty dark

Los Angeles March 6 (IANS) Richard Gere and Julia Roberts-starrer Pretty Woman the 1990 iconic film not only had a hard time getting made but it was almost an entirely different and a pretty dark movie.

I can t tell you how much time was spent debating former Disney studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg said at a question and answer session earlier this week reports pagesix.com.

He added: As a script ‘Pretty Woman was an R-rated movie about a hooker on Hollywood Boulevard. By the way in the original version -- it s pretty dark -- I think she died of an overdose.

So convincing (people) that we should make that at the Walt Disney Co and that it s a fairy tale and a princess movie a lot of people had a hard time seeing it. But as they say the rest is history.

The Garry Marshall directorial tells the story of a man -- in a legal business -- who needs an escort for some social events. He hires a prostitute and they ultimately fall in love with each other.

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