Julia Roberts reveals dark ending in original script for Pretty Woman

'I had no business being in a movie like that': Julia Roberts reveals the shocking original ending for Pretty Woman 'was really heavy' Julia Roberts discussed Pretty Woman in an interview with Patricia Arquette  Arquette had auditioned for the movie under its original title, 3000  The 1990 romantic comedy that made it to the big screen sees prostitute Vivian Ward (Roberts) falls in love with businessman Edward Lewis (Richard Gere)  That version had a happy ending, unlike the original version of the script Roberts said Gere's character tossed hers out of the car, 'threw the money on top of her, as memory serves, and just drove away, leaving her in some dirty alley'

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Published: 15:08 BST, 16 June 2019 | Updated: 15:33 BST, 16 June 2019

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Julia Roberts has revealed the ending dark ending Pretty Woman was originally supposed to have - and it's far from pretty.  

Roberts opened up about the iconic 1990 romantic comedy that shot her to stardom in an Variety Actors on Actors interview with Patricia Arquette that's set to air this week. 

Arquette had auditioned for the movie under its original title, 3000.  While the modern Cinderella story we know and love 30 years later - which sees prostitute Vivian Ward (Roberts) falls in love with her businessman client Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) - had a fairy tale ending, that's not how the script started out. 

In the Variety interview airing this week, Arquette described the movie she auditioned for as 'really dark'. 

'The ending was really heavy,' she said. 'It really read like a dark gritty art movie.' 

Roberts went on to describe how Gere's character tossed hers out of the car, 'threw the money on top of her, as memory

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