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People Are Just Learning The Original Plot Of Pretty Woman, And It’s Horrifying

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Speaking to Graham Norton on his self-titled chat show recently, Hollywood star Julia Roberts shared that the original screenplay for Pretty Woman was very different than the movie we all know and love.

Graham said that the movie was “much darker” in its original form ― and having heard Julia’s description of it, I have to agree.

“I auditioned for this movie that was called 3000,” the Erin Brockovich actor told Graham. The name referred to the amount of money the movie’s main character paid a sex worker ― “and she was a drug addict,” Julia explained.

“The movie ended by him pulling down a side street in Los Angeles, and they have a fight, and he just says, ‘Get out’ and he kind of throws her out the car, throws the money on her, and drives away. The end,” she added.

In fact, former studio executive Jeffrey Katzenberg has previously said that Julia’s character died of an overdose at the end of the initial script. Oof.

So, how did we end up with the film we know and love today?

“The company that was making it folded, and the movie disappeared and I was crushed,” Julia told Graham. “And the next thing I knew, they said, ‘Disney picked up this film… and Garry Marshall is going to direct it.’”

Disney, which is known for feelgood and child-friendly movies, was hardly likely to produce the script as-was ― and at that point in his career, Garry had worked on shows like The Fonz And The Happy Days Gang and Mork & Mindy.

So naturally, Julia was a little surprised by the pairing. “I was like, ‘oh, of course, this makes perfect sense to me,’” she sarcastically said of the change in director and producers.

“I went in to meet Garry, and he told me all the ways he was gonna change this and make it funny,” she shared with Graham.

In fact, she revealed some changes were so last-minute that they were, as Graham puts it, “kind of writing [the movie] as they were filming.”

“We would break at lunch at maybe 10:15 in the morning because we were out of pages,” Julia said. “We would just kind of, make it up ― Garry would do things like this… ‘Uhhh ― be funny! Action!’,” she added.

People were pretty surprised

“Imagine signing on to play a drug-addicted [sex worker] in a dark drama, then the producers tell you the film’s retooled into a rom-com with Disney money,” one commenter said in response to a YouTube short of the interview.

“That original ending sounds a lot more realistic,” another (rather depressingly) added.

“OMG! I loooove hearing about how movies and songs get made. The creative journey is filled with surprises!” yet another person shared.

I couldn’t agree more…

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Graham Norton Had The Best Reaction To Beating Piers Morgan At This Year’s NTAs

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Earlier this month, both presenters were nominated for Best TV Interview at the National Television Awards, but it was The Graham Norton Show that ended up triumphing over Piers Morgan Uncensored.

During a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live, the Irish host was asked during a Q&A about beating Piers “especially after he said on the red carpet that there was ‘no competition’” between them.

“I didn’t know that!” Graham said of his fellow nominee’s comment. “I just Zoomed in to accept the award, but it was worth Zooming in to see the expression on Piers Morgan’s face.”

Later in the interview, Graham was asked if he’d ever had Piers on his show, to which he sarcastically responded: “No, funnily enough! And I’ve never been on his! And we’re good.”

However, the five-time Bafta winner was more complimentary about one of his former guests, chart-topping singer Taylor Swift, who he said he “loves”.

“I don’t know how she can be as normal as she is, she seems so regular,” Graham claimed.

After being asked for his take on the British public’s views on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Graham went on to share an anecdote about meeting the Duke of Sussex while on a night out with the late Carrie Fisher.

Watch that for yourself in the video below:

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Mel Giedroyc Recreates Iconic Eurovision Butter Churning Moment, And We’re Howling

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Mel Giedroyc was responsible for one of the highlights of Eurovision on Saturday night, as she recreated one of the Song Contest’s most iconic moments ever.

The former Great British Bake Off host was enlisted to help out the UK’s regular commentator Graham Norton, who split his duties this year after being asked to be one of the main hosts.

During one part of the night, Mel came down from the commentary box to appear behind one of the main presenters Hannah Waddingham and dressed up as the Polish butter churner from the 2014 event.

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Mel made some suggestive looks as she churned away next to the Portuguese contingent, who are being represented by Mimicat and their song Ai coração, as Graham was heard losing it in the commentary box.

Mel also proved a hit with fans after stepping into the final commentary box for the first time.

With the UK holding the competition on behalf of last year’s winner’s Ukraine, Graham spent the evening dashing between the stage and commentary box, with Mel helping to fill gaps when he was with the other main hosts Alesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina.

Mel has a long history with Eurovision, having previously hosted the UK selection show on a number of occasions.

She also served as the UK’s spokesperson in 2018, having previously commentated on the semi finals in 2016 and 2017 along with Scott Mills, who now works alongside Rylan Clark.

Eurovision hosts Alesha Dixon, Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham and Graham Norton during the dress rehearsal
Eurovision hosts Alesha Dixon, Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham and Graham Norton during the dress rehearsal

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Prior to this year’s Song Contest, Graham explained how he had ring-fenced his commentating role after being asked to host the main show.

“I know that’s really greedy of me, but I just thought if I let someone else do the commentating they could be better than me and then I’ve lost my favourite job,” he said. “So I thought, ‘No, I’m ring-fencing that.’”

He continued: “I’ll have to go, ‘Welcome to Eurovision’, then I’ll run back into my little rabbit hutch.”

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