Personally, I really like how the film Beauty and the Beast turned out in the end. If the filmmakers had kept the rougher and more ‘realistic’ scenes, I think it might have robbed the film of that magical atmosphere that makes it so special. Fairy tales should be a little polished, a little dreamy — and that’s exactly what works here. Harsher moments, like the conversation outside the club, simply didn’t fit with the film’s gentle, slightly fantastical tone.
Family-friendly version
In the TV version of Cinderella, several famous lines were reworked to make them more family-friendly! For example, when Kit cheers Vivian up, instead of the usual ‘Cinde-f**kin’-rella’, she simply says ‘Cinderella’.
They even reshot the scene so that the lip-syncing matched the new dialogue, rather than simply dubbing over it. And what about the famous line: ‘Fifty quid, old man. Can my wife have a look for seventy-five?’
In the TV version, Kit, talking about a woman’s dress, says: “My granny had exactly the same curtains.”
The horse-riding scene
As already mentioned, most fans seem quite happy with how the film turned out, and it’s clear that only a few would really like to see the deleted scenes restored. But there is one moment that fans would very much have liked to see in the final cut.
In this scene, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere share a beautiful moment on horseback, which could have added a little more colour and depth to the character of Vivian and her world. This is precisely the scene that could have made the fairy-tale story just a touch more magical.
Incidentally, speaking of horses, in the deleted scene at the polo match, Elizabeth tells Philip that she is going to go for a ride with a couple named Ritter.
Ironically, years later, the actress Amy Yasbeck, who played Elizabeth, married the actor John Ritter and had a daughter with him.
For fans, discovering such hidden details years later is like receiving another gift from a film that continues to bring joy and allows them to see Pretty Woman in a new light.
“It’s such a treat to see these scenes after so many years,” wrote one viewer. “It feels as though the film keeps giving,” noted another.
I didn’t even know these scenes existed — check them out below!
‘Pretty Woman’ — deleted scenes
There you have it — here are a few hidden gems from ‘Pretty Woman’ that never made it to the big screen!
It’s amazing to think how different the film might have been if these deleted scenes had been kept in, isn’t it? And yet, there’s no denying it: the final version gave us the very fairy tale we all know and love.
But it’s still interesting to imagine how these moments might have changed the story. What do you think — should any of them have been kept? Let us know in the comments!