Julia Roberts is moved by watching a pretty woman on Broadway

This year, Julia Roberts celebrates an illustrious 30-year career as an actress in Hollywood, which debuted with her epic role in 1988. Mystic pizza. But Roberts became a household name when she played in Cinderella's story A pretty woman about a prostitute named Vivian who falls in love with businessman Edward, played by Richard Gere. When the classic romantic comedy debuted on Broadway during the summer, the musical comeback served as a moving reminder to Roberts. In his words:

Give Julia Roberts a symbolic fabric, because it looks like a rather rough watch for the actress. Garry Marshall was the director of A pretty womanand co-screenwriter of the Broadway version with the original screenwriter of the film, J.F. Lawton. Marshall died in 2016 at the age of 81, shortly after working with Roberts on his latest director project. Mothers' Day. The couple also worked together on rom-coms Bride on the run and Valentine's day. In her cover interview for Entertainment Weekly, Roberts remembers once when Marshall surprised her about the Broadway project she was working on during a lunch at her home.

Garry Marshall left an important mark in the television comedy and film that started a writer in the 60s with The show of Dick Van Dyke, continued in the 70s and 80s with The strange couple, Mork & Mindy, Laverne and Shirley and Happy Days. He then moved to the director's chair, producing hits like At the sea, Beaches and The diary of a princess movies. Putting his iconic film on Broadway is perhaps one of the last things he has worked on, although he has never seen him meet up completely in New York.

The Broadway version of A pretty woman stars Samantha Barks like Vivian, who was The miserable & # 39; Eponine and actor Steve Kazee, Tony's winner, who was previously in the Broadway version of Once. The inclusion of A pretty woman on Broadway continues a series of musical adaptations of popular romantic comedies such as Naughty girls, The revenge of a blonde and the next No idea musical comedy that will arrive at the end of November. Considering A pretty woman is still one of the most profitable romantic comedies of all time, it was only a matter of time before Julia Roberts saw another version of her most iconic role.

While Julia Roberts began her career as a comedian of Roma comedies, she recently stated that her years with the genre were probably over and that she continued to take on dramatic roles. Before the end of 2018, Roberts plays in an original series of Amazon Back home from the creator of Mr. Robot and in the family drama Ben is back. It all started with his role in A pretty woman that would not have been on the map if director Garry Marshall had not guided her in production.