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Molly Ringwald Turned Down the Role in Pretty Woman Molly Ringwald Turned Down the Role in Pretty Woman. . . . Actress Molly Ringwald speaks at the 36th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards at the InterContinental Hotel on January 15, 2011 in Century City, California. Read the buzz: Molly Ringwald turned down 'Pretty Women' role. (Getty Images)more pics » Actress Molly Ringwald - did she turn down the lead role in Pretty Woman? Molly Ringwald is famous for her leading roles in The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles.
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Richard Gere says Julia Roberts convinced him to take âPretty Womanâ role with a âsweetâ Post-it note Richard Gere and Julia Roberts as Edward Lewis and Vivian Ward in the 1990 hit film, Pretty Woman.. Roberts got Gere to agree to take the part after writing him a sweet Post-it note. For Pretty Woman fans and Roberts, it doesn't feel like 25 years since the cult classic first hit the big screen in 1990.
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- Wow, they are really taking casting Lois Lane seriously!!!! Amy Adams is an Oscar Nominee and a serious actress. She practically changes personalities and sometimes looks from role to role. Lois Lane is a hard character to perfect, since the last person who played the part in Superman Returns played it one-dimensional. Kate Bosworth just came off as annoyingly b#tchy.
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Pretty Woman Not to be confused with Pretty Lady (disambiguation). Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay written by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), Laura San Giacomo and Jason Alexander in supporting roles.
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Mean Girls Lindsay Lohan first read for Regina George, but the casting team felt she was closer to what they were looking for in the actress who played Cady, and since Lohan feared the mean girl role would harm her reputation, she agreed to play the lead.
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'Pretty Woman': THR's 1990 Review 'Pretty Woman': THR's 1990 Review. The comedy is so slickly delivered that audiences may be content with chuckling over its polished surface charms. On March 23, 1990, Julia Roberts shot to the A-list in the modern telling of Cinderella, Pretty Woman, with her performance nominated for a best actress Oscar at the 63rd Academy Awards. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below:
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Julia Roberts Roberts became known to worldwide audiences when she starred with Richard Gere in the Cinderella / Pygmalionesque story, Pretty Woman, in 1990. 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.
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Maureen O'Hara: I wasn't going to play the whore Maureen O'Hara: I wasn't going to play the whore. As the gutsy 'Queen of Technicolour' Maureen O'Hara receives an honorary Oscar, we reprint her 2004 interview talking about Hollywood, John Wayne and standing up to bosses like Walt Disney. Maureen O'Hara, 94, made more than 60 films in a glittering career, including John Ford's 1941 best picture Oscar winner, How Green Was My Valley.
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- 1 Hayley Atwell based her performance as Peggy Carter on Ginger Rogers: She can do everything Captain America can do, but backwards and in high heels.. 2  Before Hayley Atwell was cast as Peggy, Alice Eve, Gemma Arterton and Keira Knightley were considered for the role of Peggy Carter.
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Trivia When Rex Harrison accepted his Academy Award for My Fair Lady (1964), he dedicated it to his two fair ladies, Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews both who had played Eliza Doolittle with him.
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- Two months ago, Captain America leading lady Hayley Atwell confirmed that she’s not reprising her role as Steve Rogers’ love interest Peggy Carter in the sequel. Well, according to her CA costar Stanley Tucci (who played Dr. Abraham Erskine), that’s not entirely accurate.
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'I've forgotten that movie... it was a silly romcom': Richard Gere on his 'least favourite' film Pretty Woman Outspoken: Richard Gere has called his movie Pretty Woman 'silly' in a new interview. He won millions of fans due he role as Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman. But in an astonishing new interview, Richard Gere has blasted the movie, arguably the most famous of his career, labelling it a 'silly romcom'.
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14 Actors Who Turned Down Iconic Roles Molly Ringwald | Kevin Winter/Getty Images. The ’80s star had her wide pick of movie roles after finding such huge success with a string of John Hughes-directed flicks — including that of Vivian Ward in the 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman. Luckily for Julia Roberts, Ringwald turned down the role and moved overseas.
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Actresses Testing To Play Wonder Woman In Superman Sequel? Or maybe not. The trade reports that the actresses -- Gal Gadot (Fast and Furious 6), Elodie Yung (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) and Olga Kurylenko (To The Wonder) -- tested for the female lead of the film, which may be Wonder Woman a.k.a. Diana Prince. (Kurylenko's involvement was first reported by Schmoes Know earlier this week.)
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Lindsay Lohan: I Wanted to Play Regina George inMean Girls Lindsay Lohan: I Wanted to Play Regina George in Mean Girls. Lindsay Lohan as Regina George? The idea seems almost unfathomable, but the star of 2004’s smash hit Mean Girls actually wanted that part, rather than the lead role of Cady, the iconic comedy‘s heroine. Ten years after the movie debuted, Lohan says she argued with director Mark Waters over playing “Queen Bee” Regina.
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What Nutrients Do Carrots Provide? Fiber. Carrots add fiber to your diet -- nearly 4 grams per 1 cup of raw chopped carrots. You need 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories you consume, or 35 grams for a 2,500-calorie diet.
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10 People Who Have Misplaced Their Oscars After Angelina Jolie planted a kiss on her brother and made the world wrinkle their noses, she went onstage and collected a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Lisa in Girl, Interrupted. She later presented the trophy to her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.
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Julia Roberts greets Richard Gere with kiss on the lips as Pretty Woman cast reunites after 25 years... and reveal film was meant to be a dark tale about drugs Julia Roberts greets Richard Gere with kiss on the lips as Pretty Woman cast reunites after 25 years... and reveal film was meant to be a dark tale about drugs. The cast and director of Pretty Woman have reunited after 25 years, and spilled some of the secrets of the iconic 1990 movie. Julia Roberts, now 47, greeted Richard Gere, 65, with a kiss on the lips on the Today show's special pre-taped chat that aired on Tuesday.
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Life Is Unfair: Nailing Down The Exact Moment James Spader Turned Into Your Lesbian Aunt 2 Days In The Valley ( 1996): Psycho Hot. Oh, sure, James, Charlize Theron got all the attention in this movie with her white clingy lingerie, and her white clingy bodysuits and her red suppurating abdominal wound.
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Trivia Pretty Woman (1990) Jump to: Director Cameo (1) | Spoilers (2) Edward (Richard Gere) snapping the necklace case down on Vivian's (Julia Roberts) fingers, was improvised by Gere, and Roberts's reaction (laughter) was totally natural.
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23 Actors Who Turned Down Huge Movie Roles 23 Actors Who Turned Down Huge Movie Roles. Keaton's not alone. Harrison Ford wasn't originally sought out to play Han Solo, nor was Scarlett Johansson the original choice for Marvel's Black Widow. And we might have seen Brad Pitt in a very different role if it wasn't for his kids. We rounded up 23 actors and actresses who turned down possible career-changing roles.
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The Benefits of Seaweed (And When To Avoid It) Here are a few different ways to enjoy them: 1  Snacking out of a bag – Nori and dulse can just be eaten out of a bag. 2  Salads – Most types of seaweed can be made into a Japanese-style salad with vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, and garlic. 3  Soups – Seaweed tastes delicious in bone broth, which makes it seaweed soup.
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- Early gossip linked actresses such as Angelina Jolie, Beyoncé Knowles, Bullock, Rachel Bilson, Nadia Bjorlin, Megan Fox, Eliza Dushku and Catherine Zeta-Jones to the role of Wonder Woman. Leonard Goldberg, speaking in a May 2001 interview, named Bullock as a strong candidate for the project.
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20 Actors Who Turned Down Big Roles Julia Roberts (The Blind Side, The Proposal, Sleepless in Seattle) Just because Roberts recognized the opportunity of one film doesn’t mean she hasn’t suffered her fair share of missed roles. Three years after Pretty Woman, she turned down the part as Annie Reed in the hugely successful Sleepless in Seattle. She also passed on two recent roles taken over by Sandra Bullock, including the part of Leigh Anne Touhy, which earned Bullock her first Best Actress win.
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Molly Ringwald Turned Down the Role in Pretty Woman Actress Molly Ringwald speaks at the 36th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards at the InterContinental Hotel on January 15, 2011 in Century City, California. Read the buzz: Molly Ringwald turned down 'Pretty Women' role. (Getty Images)more pics » Actress Molly Ringwald - did she turn down the lead role in Pretty Woman? Molly Ringwald is famous for her leading roles in The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles.
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20 Things You Never Knew About THE PIANO Holly Hunter had to fight to be considered for the role because Campion thought of Ada as a tall, exotic European beauty. Later at Cannes she said, In Holly's audition tape, her gaze was just stupendous.. 10. In 1994, Jane Campion was only the second woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.