laura san giacomo was originally offered the role in pretty woman.
laura san giacomo was originally offered the role in pretty woman.
who was originally offered the role in pretty woman?
laura san giacomo
roberts became known to worldwide audiences when she starred with richard gere in the cinderella–pygmalionesque story, "pretty woman", in 1990, playing an assertive freelance hooker with a heart of gold. roberts won the role after michelle pfeiffer, molly ringwald, meg ryan, jennifer jason leigh, karen allen, and daryl hannah (her co-star in "steel magnolias") turned it down. the role also earned her a second oscar nomination, this time as best actress, and second golden globe award win, as motion picture best actress (musical or comedy). "pretty woman" saw the highest number of ticket sales in the u.s. ever for a romantic comedy, and made us$463.4million worldwide.
julia roberts
"oh, pretty woman" or "pretty woman" is a song recorded by roy orbison, written by orbison and bill dees. it was released as a single in august 1964 on monument records and spent three weeks at number one on the "billboard" hot 100 from september 26, 1964, the second single by orbison to top the us charts. it was also orbison's third single to top the uk singles chart (for a total of three weeks). the record ultimately sold seven million copies and marked the high point in orbison's career. within months of its release, in october 1964, the single was certified gold by the riaa. at the year's end, "billboard" ranked it the number four song of 1964. "oh, pretty woman" was eventually the basis for the 1990 film pretty woman starring julia roberts and the 2018 broadway musical .
oh, pretty woman