Julia Roberts’ Niece A Sex Shop Employee (For A Role)

Emma Roberts is certainly not brand new to the movie world, she is the niece of the icon, Julia Roberts. She has also been at Sundance for her film, Celeste And Jesse Forever. Now we have more news about Emma signing onto another movie… which reminds me a lot of the movie that made Julia, Pretty Woman. Is Emma following in her famous aunt’s foot steps destined for big success?

Emma has signed up for a role playing a sex shop employee in a black comedy called Adult World.

“It’s a quirky coming-of-age story. My character is very smart, but the economy is very bad. So she works at a porn store. It’s an interesting backdrop because when you’re a young person you’re always looking for inspiration. But then you find yourself asking, ‘How did I end up here?’ It’s very relevant for young people who are asking themselves, ‘What do we do?’”

Emma is young herself, and she recently put college on hold to pursue her acting career. She has said that she relates to the character she will be playing… well, not all of the character but some of her struggles.

Adult World is going to be filmed in New York soon and will be out later this year. When I first heard about it, I couldn’t help thinking about Pretty Woman,one of my all-time fave films with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. At the time that Julia filmed this she was also relatively new to the Hollywood scene, and she played the role of a young prostitute that finds love and in turn her own identity. It is not exactly the same as a sex shop employee, but the parallels are definitely there… I wonder if this will be the film that brings Emma Roberts into the limelight and propels her career?

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