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1. "Mystic Pizza" (1988) Julia's character, Daisy Arujo, a poor girl of Portuguese descent, falls for a rich guy from the right side of the tracks, named Charles Gordon Windsor. They met at the pizza parlor where Daisy works with her sister Kit and their friend JoJo. Daisy and Gordon's different backgrounds prove to be too much for their romance. In addition, Gordon ends up being a shallow, spoiled, self-centered heel, and their love is gone with the wind.
Who played Julia's doomed love interest in this early film?
2. "Sleeping with the Enemy" (1991) Julia's character, Laura Burney, married a man who ended up being a controlling and abusive husband, Martin Burney. Laura fakes her own death, but isn't able to escape her ex, at least not immediately. The winds should have blown this would-be killer away before Julia married him!
Who plays the dangerous husband and enemy in this film?
3. "Hook" (1991) Julia plays Tinkerbell, the little fairy who has always been in love with Peter Pan. In this version of the story, Tink didn't get the boy-man either, as he had gone off to the real world to grow up and marry his true love, Wendy, later having three children. The wind literally took this guy away from Julia, because Peter Pan could fly.
Who played the grown-up Peter Pan in "Hook"?
4. "The Pelican Brief" (1993), based on a John Grisham novel, in which Julia plays Darby Shaw, a law student romantically involved with one of her professors. Julia is investigating the seemingly unrelated murders of two Supreme Court Justices, and eventually begins to uncover a potential scandal involving some unethical and environmentally hazardous treatments of an endangered species in Louisiana. Because she is too close to the truth, a car bomb is set and Julia's beau ends up being blown away on the Four Winds.
Who played Julia's professor boyfriend in the movie?
5. In "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997), Julia plays Julianne Potter, a successful young professional who had made a pact with her best friend from college, Michael O'Neal, that if neither of them were married by the time they turned 30, they would marry each other. The time has come, and Julianne is ready to marry Michael, but lo and behold, Michael has found love with Kimberly Wallace, played by Cameron Diaz. Try as she might, nothing that Julia's character does can dissuade Michael from going to the altar with his love.
Who plays Julia's unrequited love interest in this movie?
6. Julia didn't lose her man in "Stepmom" (1998), her man is already lost to someone else. Julia is finding her way through a quagmire of relationships - she's dating a divorcee with two kids and needs to bond with both kids whilst weathering the storm of the 'dreaded ex'.
Susan Sarandon plays the part of the ex-wife, Jackie, but who plays the part of the husband-to-be, Luke?
7. "Erin Brockovich" (2000) sees Julia playing a single mother and divorcee who talks her way into a job with her lawyer after losing a personal injury lawsuit. She finds evidence of an industrial poisoning cover-up by a large company and convinces her boss to let her research the case further.
While Julia does have a love interest in this movie, George, who plays her ex-husband?
8. In "Ocean's Eleven" (2001), Julia plays Tess Ocean, the love interest of hotel owner, Terry Benedict. When Benedict's hotel is robbed by Danny Ocean and his team, Tess hears via security cameras that Benedict is willing to give her up for the return of his hotel's money. Tess then ends up being blown back to her ex-husband Danny Ocean. So did she lose the guy or get the guy? Well, a bit of both, really.
Who played Terry Benedict in "Ocean's Eleven"?
9. In "Closer" (2004), Julia Roberts, as Anna Cameron, manages to find then lose two men although she's not the only one to find and lose both these men - Natalie Portman, as Alice Ayres/Jane Jones, also has relationships with the same two men - and loses them both. The two men in question are Dan Woolf and Larry Gray.
Who plays Anna's husband, Larry in the film?
10. In "Eat, Pray, Love" (2010), Julia Roberts once again goes through a veritable wringer emotionally. Playing Elizabeth Gilbert in the film adaptation of Gilbert's own memoir, Julia's character seems to have everything, a successful career, a seemingly stable marriage, a beautiful home... But all of that changes and she decides to explore life's great experiences, food--in Italy, spirituality--in India, and love--in Bali.
Who plays Julia Robert's ex-husband and new partner in the movie?
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