What do the Julia Roberts 2010 flick “Eat, Pray, Love” and the cult basic Coyote Ugly, launched a decade earlier than it, have in widespread? It’s not the vibes, it’s undoubtedly not the soundtracks, it’s really creator Elizabeth Gilbert.
Elizabeth Gilbert, creator of bestselling books equivalent to Eat Pray Love and Large Magic is definitely not less than partly liable for the massive magic of Coyote Ugly.
That’s proper, whereas the 2 may appear worlds aside, Elizabeth Gilbert was really a bartender on the unique Coyote Ugly bar within the East Village, NYC.
Whereas in a Fb publish the author mentioned that she was “dancing on the bar and all the things” on the time, she tended to go for wise footwear and lengthy tops which isn’t fairly the vibe we all know and love.
How did Elizabeth Gilbert encourage the Coyote Ugly film?
This has come to mild following a TikTok creator known as Alwyn Hamilton highlighting that the 2 movies are associated and, actually, the protagonist in every film is definitely the identical particular person, although they could appear lightyears aside in perspective and manner.
So, the bar-dancing, hip-swinging girl we noticed in Coyote Ugly goes on to turn into the soul-searching, earth-wandering girl in Eat, Pray, Love.
The 2 tales have been based mostly on Elizabeth’s experiences. The Coyote Ugly days of her life have been detailed in an essay written for GQ in 1997 known as, ‘The Muse of the Coyote Ugly saloon’ and naturally, Eat, Pray, Love is a memoir of Elizabeth’s breakdown and restoration and was revealed in 2006.
It may not be the obvious double-bill however the two movies give an insightful glimpse into the author’s unimaginable life over 20 years.