Pretty Woman uncomfortable playing a sex worker. Winona Ryder auditioned, but was turned down because Marshall felt she was "too young". Jennifer Connelly was also dismissed for the same reason. Emily Lloyd turned it down as it conflicted with her shooting for the film "Mermaids". 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. Diane Lane came very close to being cast (the script was much darker at the time); they had gone as far as costume fittings, but due to scheduling
Winona Ryder released in January 2011. In 2011, she was cast as Deborah Kuklinski, the wife of contract killer Richard Kuklinski, in the thriller "The Iceman". In 2012, Tim Burton directed her in the music video for The Killers' single, "Here with Me". She was reunited with Tim Burton for a role in the animated 3D feature film "Frankenweenie", released in October 2012, and appeared alongside James Franco in the action thriller "Homefront" (2013). In 2013, Ryder starred in a segment of the Comedy Central television series "Drunk History" called "Boston". She played religious protestor Mary Dyer, opposite stern Puritan magistrate John