Pretty Woman
Gary Marshall directed sixty - three movies during his sentence in Hollywood . Arguably , two ofGarry Marshall ’s top ten filmsare 1990’sPretty char , star Julia Roberts and Richard Gere , and 2001’sThe Princess Diaries , featuring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews . Both movies propelled their lead actresses to mainstream success and made over $ 400 million dollar bill between them .
Pretty WomanandThe Princess Diarieshave recently hail back into the limelight after several TikTok users noticed similarity between the two film , as detailed byTeen Vogue , get a discussion about the manyPretty Womaneaster eggs to be found in the 2001 Disney classic . Although there are almost too many nods to look , here are some of the most obvious - and some of the most easily missed .
Promotional Poster
Anyone who ’s seenPretty Womanwill remember Vivian ’s bath scene . She is in a bubble bathing tub with a Walkman and headphone , singing loudly . It ’s an adorable and funny prospect , and it look like Marshall took inspiration from it for one of the promotional placard forThe Princess Diaries . In the bill sticker , Clarisse -played by the marvelous Julie Andrews- is on the left and Mia is on the right sporting dark glasses and none other than a pair of headphones .
Whilst it ’s probably a reference to the cultural differences Mia get by with after she finds out she ’s a princess - teen girl to a member of a royal family - it ’s doubtless a nod to Marshall ’s other leading noblewoman Julia Roberts .
Hector Elizondo
Hector Elizondo meet the manager at the hotel Vivan stays at with Edward inPretty Womanand lend a hand as she pilot her newfound status as the businessman ’s " lady friend . " He helps instruct her proper etiquette for high society and attend to her in acquiring a cocktail wearing apparel for an important case .
Elizondo also helps Mia inThe Princess Diaries , helping her take how to dance , pick her up some more desirable schoolhouse attire and generally protecting her in much the same direction as his character Barney did for Vivian inPretty Woman . Marshall and Elizondo are report to be " close " friends so perhaps that ’s why he was cast in both movies , but the similarities in the character do n’t seem to be a concurrence .
Kathleen Marshall
Marshall ’s girl Kathleen was also in bothPretty WomanandThe Princess Diariesmovies . She wager a clerk on the hotel desk in the former , and Charlotte , Clarisse ’s secretaire in the latter . Kathleen has been acting since 1981 when she had a small persona as Kathi inLaverne & Shirley , aTV show set in the swinging ' 60s .
As the two roles have similar jobs , her part inThe Princess Diariescould definitely be a nod to Kathleen Marshall ’s role inPretty Woman- as well as a promotion .
Larry Miller
Miller play the iconic Paolo inThe Princess Diaries , responsible for transforming Mia ’s look from dorky teenager to elegant princess , but many bury that he was also partially involved in Vivian ’s glow - up inPretty Woman . Miller brings the same flair of comedy to both roles , and many aspect of the three collage view he ’s involved in over three films are similar .
In both makeover collage scenes in The Princess Diaries movies , Mia is seen on a chair being overprotect over by Miller and his helper - in almost on the button the same way as we see inPretty Woman .
Patrick Richwood
Richwood play the lift attendant at Vivian and Edward ’s hotel inPretty Womanin his 2d - ever picture appearance in 1990 . In 2001 he worked with Marshall again inThe Princess Diariesportraying Mia ’s grumpy , eccentric neighbor Mr. Robutusen who has several brush with Clarisse and Mia .
Richwood is a lesser - experience thespian which arguably confirms Marshall ’s intention to create parallels betweenPretty WomanandThe Princess Diaries
The Director’s Cameos
Gary Marshall himself had a cameo persona inPretty Woman . He looks almost unrecognisable in the scene and is very much in the background . likewise , he has a cameo in The Princess Diaries at the very end and again can just be check very briefly .
This play into Marshall ’s habit of shake off himself uncredited in midget roles throughout his film and television set work - but definitely adds to the comparisons betweenPretty WomanandThe Princess Diariesmovies .
The State Dinner
Mia attends an of import state dinner in the firstPrincess Diariesmovie . The intact prospect is a comedy of errors and to top everything off Mia infract a glass with a knife whilst trying to quiet down the guests for a speech . One of the stave attending to the diner reassures her that " it happens all the meter . "
This is a close duplicate of the scene inPretty Womanwhere Vivian - in one ofJulia Robert ’s most sympathetic roles- is out to dinner with Edward and seek to eat snail for the first time . She check the escargot and it vanish into the air and is caught by exactly the same man who says , funnily enough , " It happens all the clock time ! "
Mia’s Car Keys
InThe Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engagementthere is another very obvious reference to an almost monovular vista inPretty Woman . When Mia get in at her birthday political party she goes to wave to the guests - forget she is holding her car keys . One of her stave capture the keys , quipping " It happens all the time ! "
The origin are verbalize by Allan Kent who appeared in bothPretty WomanandPrincess Diaries . Interestingly , Kent was in another Garry Marshall film that starred Julia Roberts and Richard Gere -Runaway Bride , a sweet marriage ceremony rom - com .
Mia’s Birthday Dress
Fans will call up the stunning red dress Mia wears for her birthday party inRoyal Engagement , and it may look familiar to anyone who has seenPretty Woman . Mia ’s dress is intelligibly a reference to the frock Vivian dons when she goes to the opera with Edward , down to the crisp white gloves .
This is a big cat - turned - butterfly moment in both motion-picture show and the similarity between the two looks are unmistakable - they ’re even the exact same subtlety of bolshy .
Mia’s Bed
In Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engagement , Clarisse takes Mia into her suite in the castle for the first time . In her inflammation at her fresh - renovated domiciliation , she leaps onto the double bed ecstatically . In a alike vena , play along her negotiation with Edward and left alone in the hotel suite with ordering to go shopping , Vivian - in a hotel robe , no less - dive onto the twofold layer in delight .
Although it ’s a modest credit , the attention to detail is excellent - sweet showing similarities between Vivian and Mia ’s personalities .
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