Pretty Woman, Sleeping with the Enemy and Julia Roberts in the early 90s (Erotic 90’s, Part 2)
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The Rise and Fall of Julia Roberts
The Hollywood buzz about Roberts has catapulted her from a star-struck newcomer to a formidable member of the elite $1 million movie actress club. Her perceived value began to skyrocket before Pretty Woman's grosses sent Walt Disney rolling in his grave. It was hard to stay grateful that first summer of her stardom when she was largely stuck in North Carolina, playing an abused wife who flees her monster husband in sleeping with the enemy. Gary Marshall had been telling journalists for months that he found Roberts' emotional neediness to be unprofessional on the set of Pretty Woman. But Roberts showed right away that, smile aside, she was not a submissive starlet.
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