general | March 30, 2026

The Untold Truth Of Pretty Woman

The Pretty Woman movie poster is as iconic as the movie itself in many ways, and was a staple on the walls of many who grew up in the 1990s. The poster features a scantily-clad Roberts, using a body double, with thigh-high latex stiletto boots and a black-suited Richard Gere cheekily leaning against her. But, the poster also features several big mistakes.

In the movie, Roberts never actually wears that pink and black ensemble that's featured on the poster. She wears a similar outfit, but with a white top and jean skirt. Even worse, Richard Gere's hair in the movie poster is shown to be jet black when, in the movie, his hair is firmly in the silver fox spectrum. Julia Roberts also wasn't the only one with a body double on the poster: Richard Gere had one too and the production photoshopped just his face over the stand-in. 

Today the error would be shamed so terrifically over social media that the studio would likely be forced to fix it. But, since this is an older film, the continuity error somehow only adds to Pretty Woman's ongoing charm.