Why Elizabeth Stuckey From Pretty Woman Looks So Familiar

It takes an actor with some pretty serious comedic chops to play a lead in a Mel Brooks movie. Amy Yasbeck can demonstrably deliver the laughs, seeing as she's actually accomplished this feat twice. In 1993, she starred as Maid Marian in Brooks' take on the legend of the Merry Men of Sherwood. Robin Hood: Men in Tights features Cary Elwes as Robin of Loxley, as well as a notable pre-fame appearance by a certain Dave Chappelle. Yasbeck's Marian is far from your average damsel in distress, too — she actively plays a part in the plot by trying to warn Robin of the schemes of his enemies, and although a significant portion of the movie's humor stems from the potentially unwise subject of her unbreakable "Everlast" chastity belt, she avoids the easiest "helpless princess" tropes by being at least as annoyed by its limitations as her suitor.  

Yasbeck's performance clearly pleased Brooks, because in 1995, she returned for his vampire comedy Dracula: Dead and Loving It as yet another starring role, Mina Steward. The star-studded cast included the late, great Leslie Nielsen as Count Dracula, Yasbeck's Wings co-star Steven Weber as Jonathan Harker, and, of course, Brooks himself as Van Helsing.