Marisa Tomei Initially Refused to Cut Her Hair for ‘Only You’ After ‘My Cousin Vinny’ Oscar Win

Marisa Tomei was more than reluctant to shed her locks for 1994 film “Only You.”Tomei, who plays a hopeless romantic determined to find her soulmate, a man identified by her Ouija board when she was a teen, had a major fashion moment onscreen with a stylish bob haircut, starting a trend upon the film’s release in 1994.

Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt, and Billy Zane co-star in the beloved rom-com.Emmy-winning costume designer Nicoletta Ercole, who also worked on fellow Italy-set productions like “Letters to Juliet,” “Under the Tuscan Sun,” and “My House in Umbria,” recently told IndieWire that Tomei had to be convinced to change up her style.“Marisa, at the beginning, she arrived right after she won [the Oscar] for ‘My Cousin Vinny.’ She had very long hair,” Ercole explained.

“I said, ‘Why can’t you cut it? Like this, it’s normal.

It’s nothing special.’”She continued,…

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