No, her career was already in decline--starting when she parted ways with John Hughes. For Keeps? seems to be the start of it, and no one even remembers Fresh Horses, but I think it was her first failed attempt at an adult role.
At this time she also turned down Pretty Woman, but she wasn't the only one, for the script on paper seemed nothing like the finished product. Besides, who wouldn't rather play a bride than a prostituted woman?
If anything, this film might have broadened her appeal, if it had been a hit. It was really more an Alan Alda vehicle--and he would find much more success in character roles than as a leading man himself.
"Well, for once the rich white man is in control!" C. M. Burns
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jac91604
13 years ago
She also turned down "Ghost", and her hairstyle in this movie is hideous.
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jk_field
13 years ago
I agree about her hairstyle in this film. She doesn't have a pretty enough face to wear her hair that short. There were a couple scenes where she looked downright ugly from side view. I somehow got the feeling she wanted to show off a sophisticated look with her short hair and "hip" clothes, and that it was something all her own, not what the director initially wanted her to wear. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the looks of Audrey Hepburn or Mia Farrow to pull off the hairdo. Plus everything she wore completely clashed with this film.
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Paula57
9 years ago
FWIW, things like hairstyle and costumes aren't the decision of the actors. The actors are pretty much stuck with whatever the director and stylist come up with. She could object and refuse, but then she risks losing the gig.
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BlueeRain
9 years ago
At this time she also turned down Pretty Woman
Thank god. No way could I see her as a prostitute.
She isn't really traditionally "pretty". She can look pretty with the right hair but it would take some work to make it believable. She is definitely not sexy...at all.
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Clothes-Off
9 years ago
I was under the impression that many women in prostitution aren't traditionally pretty either. But then we are talking Hollywood here (Disney's Touchstone Pictures, no less), althougb the film was not even originally called Pretty Woman. It was called $3000 before they schmaltzified the script and cast the leads. (Willem Dafoe read for Gere's role.)
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