Pretty Woman is one of the most famous romantic comedies of all time, a modern-day fairytale that fulfills every girl’s dream of being a whore until you find a super rich guy to buy you stuff. It made huge stars of its leads, then 22-year-old Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, but it turns out Richard Gere is sick of getting asked about it (which is funny, because I can think of a few worse things to ask him about). In fact, he says Pretty Woman sucked, and his new movie that no one cares about is going to be WAY better. And hey, have you heard of The Boxmasters?
While promoting his new financial thriller Arbitrage in an interview with Woman’s Day recently, the 62-year-old shared his scorn for the feelgood 1990 chick flick, telling Woman’s Day, “It’s my least favourite thing.”
Richard adds, “People ask me about that movie, but I’ve forgotten it. That was a silly romantic comedy. This is a much more serious movie that has some real cause and effect.” The grumpy star also claims his Pretty Woman character Edward Lewis helped contribute to the global financial crisis, as he glorified greedy and selfish Wall Street types.
“It made those guys seem dashing, which was so wrong,” Richard explains. “Thankfully, today, we are all more sceptical of those guys.” Despite the actor’s high-minded misgivings, Pretty Woman went on to take more than $460 million at the box office and is one of the most successful movies ever in terms of worldwide TV syndication. [NineMSN]
I honestly don’t remember Pretty Woman well enough to refute him here, but come on, know your audience, dude. The interview was with Woman’s Day, not The Economist. I would’ve gone with something more along the lines of, “Of course, I love Pretty Woman! Why, I find rom-coms almost as exhilarating as baking! But my new film is more of a thriller, about out-of-control speculating and predatory lending, which make the world financial markets all cranky and bloated like when you get your period. It’s a huge problem, which threatens our very ability to shop!”
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Pretty Woman is why all the girls I grew up with became whores… or so I assume.
Hey, women be whorin’.
They see me whorin’
they lovin’
Its bizarre but throughout this career whenever Gere opens his mouth all I hear are fart noises. I experience a similar phenomenon whenever Michael Bay talks
The interviewer probably wasn’t listening at all, too busy checking out his sugar lumps.
My sister now keeps her daughter from seeing movies like “Sleeping Beauty” or “Cinderella”, but religiously watched “Pretty Woman” when she was younger. That’s right kid, don’t be a helpless damsel in distress; be a whore while you’re waiting for Prince Charming.
I’m not sure what he’s talking about when he say’s his Edward Lewis character glorified greedy stereotypes. Didn’t he choke out Costanza for humping Julia Roberts? And then have a change of heart and save the rec center instead of turning it into condos?
Katherine Heigl thinks this was bad form. Sure it was a light film but importance doesn’t always correlate with quality. And as far as Edward Lewis the whole arc of the character is his revelation to not break up the company in the film and become the CEO of the company and actually build things instead of tearing them down for the sake of money. He missed the point in his own movie. I’d be embarrassed to know this much about Pretty Woman but it probably holds the Guinness record for most times shown on TV.
Ah yes, who could forget the impact of Gere’s Edward Lewis character on those impressionable Congressman who would later repeal Glass-Steagall
Pretty Woman isn’t a terrible movie, but it’s definitely a contender for most overrated movie of all time.
Besides, everybody knows that the best Julia Roberts movie is and always will be Steel Magnolias.
Word
But only because she dies
I want to ask Gere if he has a stick up his ass except that he probably could use one at the moment
If whores really had a heart of gold there’d be a line up around the block to sink a sha… no, that’s not going to work… meh, Richard’s probably bummed he’s too old to play the lead in Cosmopolis.
She was only 22? And is only 45 now? I thought she was like 60.
Julia Roberts has always looked like an uptight late thirties soccer mom who subconsciously hates her life but doesn’t understand her contempt so she hides it beneath a veneer of fake cheeriness and good deeds.
He isn’t telling Woman’s Day anything he hasn’t already covered in his Seriously Not Gay, Seriously Weekly column.
My wife will kick his ass for this statement…..
Only just noticed the Photoshop. Well played, sir.
Maybe mentioning that he loves stories about your fucking cat would have taken the sting out a little.
Richard Gere still looks exactly the same as he did in Pretty Woman, wtf is up with that? Did that gerbal give him aging powers?
Little known facts:
1. Gere’s middle name is ‘Tiffany’.
2. Richard Gere speaks Canadian. Or perhaps Women’s Day listens in Canadian.
3. 20-50% of pet gerbils have epilepsy.
I don’t remember any BJs in this?
Pretty Woman was terrible. I’d rather have a gerbil shoved up my ass than see it again.
Because Mothman was a tour de force. Have a nice Woman’s Day!
Know your audience? No. these women have been delusional long enough. It’s a stupid movie. [tinyurl.com]