“I found the story unpleasant”: Before Julia Roberts there was another actress who turned down the role of ‘Pretty Woman’

The history of cinema has left us characters that are impossible to think of with any face other than that of the actor or actress who played them.: there is Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter, Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump, or Harrison Ford embodying Han Solo or Indiana Jones. And yes, also among the actresses: Karen Blixen from ‘Out of Africa’ or Miranda Priestly from Meryl Streep’s ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, Clarice Starling who left Jodie Foster for posterity, or of course, Vivian’s character in ‘Pretty Woman’, with whom we met Julia Roberts internationally.

Garry Marshall’s film will have been criticized a lot for its aging badly, but the film is already one of the leading films of the early nineties. However that role was not first offered to Roberts. Now, in a new interview with The Guardian, the actress Molly Ringwald claims she could have starred in another moviethus adding another film with the word Pretty in its title (remember that one of the reference titles in his filmography is ‘The girl in pink’, ‘Pretty in pink’ in its original title).

Ringwald, now 55, has revealed why he turned down the role of the ’90s classic.Julia Roberts was wonderful in it, but I really didn’t like the story.“, Ringwald told the outlet. “Even then, I felt that there was something unpleasant about it.”

The romantic comedy, which follows the story of a prostitute hired by a businessman to be his date, It wasn’t the only role Ringwald missed out on or passed up during his tenure in Hollywood.. She also had opportunities in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ or ‘Arms of a Woman’. “I didn’t really feel like the darker roles were available to me.“Added the actress about that period of her career. “The ones I wanted to do, I didn’t get. She was too young for certain roles. She was in that weird in-between stage.”

But when it comes to talking about ‘Pretty Woman’, the actress has never cut herself to comment on the reason for letting it go. In 2012 she opened up about her experience. “I think I saw an early draft and it was called ‘3000’. I don’t remember specifically turning it down,” she acknowledged. “The script was fine, but I have to say that Julia Roberts is the one who makes that movie. It was her role. All actors expect a role that allows them to shine like this“.

The film itself, which starred Roberts opposite Richard Gere, ended up being a huge success.which earned the actress an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award in a Musical or Comedy.

Ringwald’s “No” is one of many in the industry. There are many cases of stars who turned down big roles, and even some who have subsequently been awarded an Oscar.

In other recent news Toni Collette recently opened up about her decision not to star in the iconic Bridget Jones franchise, which Renée Zellweger then starred in and gave her her first Academy Award nomination in 2002. But as the actress herself explained, she has no regrets about her career. “I think there are no coincidences. Whatever is meant for you in life is meant to happen. I have no regrets, life happens the way it’s meant to happen. But that’s true, yeah.”

Collette said she was offered the lead role in the 2001 film, but ultimately passed up because she was working on the Broadway musical “The Wild Party.” “He wasn’t available,” said the Australian. “But sometimes I think and I don’t know, that character is so similar to Muriel…she might have been too close to her. And I try not to repeat myself.”

For his part, Ringwald has not stopped working. The one who was ‘The girl in pink’ or one of the members of ‘The club of five’ has recently appeared in the series ‘Dahmer’ or ‘The Bear’. She will also be in the second season of ‘Feud’.