1. The archetypal publication by J.F. Lawton was called $3,000, a notation to the magnitude Edward pays Vivian.

2. Initially overmuch grittier and little of a fairy communicative story, Edward and Vivian bash not extremity up unneurotic successful the archetypal script. Per Vanity Fair, the archetypal ending was a drug-addicted Vivian and Kit (Laura San Giacomo) connected a autobus to Disneyland, a travel financed by her week spent with Edward (after helium kicks her retired of his car), arsenic Vivian "stares retired emptily ahead."

3. Other actors who were initially considered for the relation of Edward earlier Gere signed connected were reportedly John Travolta, Christopher Reeve, Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington and Sylvester Stallone.

4. "Every histrion successful town" wanted the relation of Vivian, according to Diane Lane, who revealed she had to walk connected the relation owed to "conflicting schedules" during an quality connected Watch What Happens Live.

5. Actresses that work for the relation included Daryl Hannah, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mary Steenburgen and Meg Ryan, with Ryan being the workplace and Marshall's aboriginal apical pick.

6. Per Lane, the publication was initially overmuch grittier, but "got Disney-fied and it turned retired to beryllium a consciousness bully movie. Originally, this brainsick [woman] was kicked retired of a rolling limo successful the extremity due to the fact that she was delusional that she thought this feline was successful emotion with her. She was lone hired for the weekend. And we had specified compassion for her."

7. Marshall initially pictured Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer successful the pb roles, but told Vanity Fair his imaginativeness for the movie wholly changed erstwhile helium formed Gere and Roberts. (Pacino did work other Roberts earlier turning down the role.)

"It would decidedly person been a antithetic movie if had it been Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. It mightiness person been person to the archetypal publication and possibly not person had a blessed ending," helium explained. "But the chemistry betwixt Julia and Richard, it is palpable connected the screen, it was palpable successful auditions. You can't truly spot however it could extremity immoderate different way, due to the fact that they conscionable airy up with each other."

8. The opera Vivian and Edward be unneurotic is La Traviata, which is astir a antheral falling successful emotion with a prostitute. Subtle!

9. Roberts had to audition twice. After archetypal landing the relation erstwhile it was inactive $3,000, the mostly chartless 21-year-old (at the clip of auditions) had to work again erstwhile Disney took implicit the project.

10. After turning down the relation of Edward respective times, Roberts was the 1 to person Gere to bash the movie, per their 2015 quality on Today. When Roberts was flown to New York to effort and transportation him, Marshall called Gere to cheque in. While helium was connected the phone, Roberts wrote "Please accidental yes" connected a Post-it note. Gere past told Marshall implicit the phone, "I conscionable said yes."

11. That iconic movie poster? It's not really Roberts' body! Her caput was super-imposed onto assemblage treble Shelley Michelle.

12. While it became 1 of the astir iconic scenes successful the movie, the bubble batch country wreaked havoc for Roberts' hairsbreadth arsenic spending truthful overmuch clip successful the h2o ended up stripping each of the reddish dye retired of her hair.

"By the extremity of the day, the detergent had taken disconnected each of my hairsbreadth color," she told The Hollywood Reporter. "We had exigency hairsbreadth colour astatine 10 o'clock astatine nighttime due to the fact that of the bathtub."

13. When Roberts was having trouble laughing successful the country wherever Vivian is watching re-runs of I Love Lucy, Marshall ended up off-camera tickling her feet to get a genuine laughter from his star.

14. In the soft scene, Gere is really playing the instrument. And the portion helium is playing was an archetypal creation that ended up connected the film's soundtrack.

15. Ferrari and Porsche some declined requests for their cars to beryllium featured successful the film, arsenic they didn't privation their brands associated with soliciting prostitutes. Edward ended up driving a sportscar from Lotus Cars.

16. The stateless antheral that Edward asks for directions? It's a speedy cameo from Marshall. 

17. Roberts, a comparative newcomer, was truthful tense to movie the enactment country that she broke retired successful hives. "I had ne'er done this benignant of worldly before, and I was truly nervous," Roberts told ABC News. "I'd get hives. They'd say, 'kiss,' and I'd get a hive."

18. The idiosyncratic who shouts "What's your dream? Everybody's got a dream!" It was the film's costume designer, Marilyn Vance.

19. Aside from a brace of Chanel heels, Vance and her squad created each 1 of Vivian's looks successful the movie, including the polka dot polo formal and her infamous cut-out dress.

20. All of Edward's suits were custom-made for Gere, with Vance going each the mode to Italy to find the close fabric.

21. One of the film's astir memorable looks was primitively going to beryllium wholly different, arsenic the workplace wanted Vivian to deterioration a achromatic gown to the opera, not red, Vance revealed to Elle, going connected to accidental they tested retired 3 looks earlier she convinced them the gown needed to beryllium red.

22. The ruby and diamond necklace Edward presented to Vivian successful the country outgo $250,000 and was truthful invaluable that a information squad was connected acceptable the full time.

23. The astir celebrated country wasn't really meant to marque it successful the movie. Wanting to propulsion a gag connected Roberts, Marshall told Gere to drawback the container unopen during 1 instrumentality of the necklace scene, which resulted successful that genuine absorption from the star. It wasn't until the last edit that Marshall added it in.

24. Roberts' reported payday for Pretty Woman was $300,000. 

25. Pretty Woman was the 2nd movie that Meg Ryan passed connected that would extremity up landing Roberts an Oscar nomination. Before passing connected Pretty Woman, Ryan turned down the relation successful Steel Magnolias to prima successful When Harry Met Sally, with Roberts going connected to gain a Best Supporting Actress motion for the tearjerker.

26. Despite its astonishment success, going connected to go 1 of the top-grossing movies of the year, the manager and his stars vowed to ne'er bash a sequel. 

"We made a pact a agelong clip [ago] —when we did it," Marshall revealed to Today. "We said, we're not doing Pretty Woman 2 unless we each bash it together."

27. The trio did reunite for different rom-com successful 1999: Runaway Bride, with Roberts earning $17 cardinal and Gere pocketing $12 cardinal for the highly anticipated reunion, which Gere engineered, according to The Los Angeles Times. While helium loved the script, Gere had 1 information the workplace had to conscionable earlier helium signed connected to play Ike: "If you tin get Julia, I'm in." The stars past convinced Marshall to travel connected to direct.

28. 30 years later, Pretty Woman remains Disney's highest-grossing R-rated release.

29. In August 2018, Pretty Woman: The Musical made its debut connected Broadway aft 4 years of development. Steve Kazee, Jenna Dewan's fiancé, played Edward during the show's archetypal tally successful Chicago earlier it closed 1 twelvemonth later, and Samantha Barks of Les Miserables fame played Vivian.

30. The film's rubric comes from Roy Orbison's opus "Oh, Pretty Woman," which is featured connected the soundtrack.