Julia Played Runaway Bride With Ben

Posted Monday, August 6, 2001 at 11:19 AM Central

by Heather Koehler

Her love life parallels her movie Runaway Bride, with several engagements and one wedding under her cold feet. Julia Roberts did the same with long-time boyfriend Benjamin Bratt back in January.

That's right. Julia and Ben had a secret Las Vegas wedding planned, complete with families flown into town and everything. But the night before the ceremony, Erin Brockovich couldn't go through with the vows. A close friend said, "It illustrates just how flighty Julia is. Ben is extremely mature - when he marries, he wants it to be forever."

The Miss Congeniality hunk found just that in Julia...but no "til death do us part."