Pretty Woman
The film contains several references to "Pretty Woman", another film directed by Marshall to which "The Princess Diaries" has often been compared. In addition to sharing a ""Pygmalion"-esque transformation story", both films share several cast members. Both Elizondo and Miller had appeared in "Pretty Woman". Most notably, actor Alan Kent, portraying a waiter, delivers the same line he once delivered to Julia Roberts' character in "Pretty Woman" during the scene in which Mia accidentally breaks a glass.