It was the role that made Roberts an international star.
Playing a prostitute is not the most obvious route to becoming the world’s sweetheart and one of the most popular actresses of all time, but the brunette bombshell proved irresistible.
27 years later, the film remains one of the greatest romantic comedies in Hollywood history and is about to gain a new lease of life when it hits the stage.
And a Brit beauty will star as the hooker with a heart of gold.
Samantha Barks is stepping into the thigh-high leather stripper boots to strut her stuff on Sunset Boulevard.
The Brit already charmed audiences with her emotional performance as Eponine in the big screen adaptation of teh blockbuster musical Les Miserables opposite Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman.
She came to fame on the 2008 BBC talent show, I’d Do Anything, which allowed viewers to vote on who they wanted to play Nancy in a new West End production of Oliver!
GUESS WHICH BRIT OSCAR-WINNER WILL PLAY FAGIN IN NEW OLIVER FILM?
The new Pretty Woman Musical will start a trial run next March in Chicago, before transferring to Broadway.
Producer Paula Wagner promised: “(The show) will have the heart, humour, warmth and joy of the film”.
“We found two amazing, charismatic actors with incredible chemistry to play Vivian and Edward – the gorgeous triple-threat Samantha Barks, and one of Broadway’s most dashing and talented leading men, Steve Kazee.”
Kazee won a Tony Award for his role in Once on Broadway in 2012.
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