Julia Roberts talks about her idea for ‘Pretty Woman’ sequel

Julia Roberts talks about her idea for ‘Pretty Woman’ sequelDecember 19, 2023Los Angeles, Dec 19 (IANS) Actress Julia Roberts believes her ‘Pretty Woman’ co-star Richard Gere’s character Edward died after the end of the film.

Roberts in the 1990 film played a prostitute named Vivienne opposite Gere, who essayed a businessman called Edward. He falls in love with her and helps her get off the street.”I think he (Edward) passed away peacefully in his sleep from a heart attack, smiling. And now she runs his business,” she said on CBS Mornings.The actors reunited almost a decade later to film 1999’s ‘Runaway Bride’ and Roberts said the couple in that movie get a happier ending, reports aceshowbiz.com.The host asked: “(Your character) Maggie literally rides off into the sunset with Richard Gere after leaving four other men at the altar. What happens to her?”The actress then replied: “They stay together. He doesn’t die in this one. They’re going to stay together.”Asked about her movie star character from ‘Notting Hill’,’ who fell for a bookstore owner played by Hugh Grant, Roberts said: “She’s retired. She has six children and has maintained her waist size amazingly. Anna has also traded glamorous film sets for quiet days behind a shop counter.”“(William) runs the bookshop still and now there’s a little knitting annex next to the bookshop that (Anna) runs.”However, ‘Notting Hill’ filmmaker Richard Curtis recently revealed he had a different vision for the characters and wrote a short sequel in which the couple split up.–IANSdc/kvd