Friday December 13, Richard Gere was the guest of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine in C to you on the occasion of the release of the film Oh, Canada. During this interview, the American actor made touching confidences about the disappearance of his father, which occurred shortly before the filming of the film directed by Paul Schrader.
He is one of the most iconic actors in Hollywood cinema. In 1990, Richard Gere became known worldwide thanks to the success of the film Pretty Womanin which he opposite Julia Roberts. In this romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall, he plays the character of Edward Lewis, a disillusioned businessman whose life will be turned upside down by his meeting with Vivian, a young prostitute who operates on Hollywood Boulevard.
Podcast guest Awards ChatterRichard Gere confided that he almost refused the emblematic role of Edward Lewis. “At first, I didn't understand it. There was no character. So I read the script and I said to myself: 'It's not for me. It's a costume that's there in the film. I wouldn't be against seeing the film, but I don't see myself doing that'“he explained. It was ultimately his meeting with Julia Roberts that convinced him to accept the role. “And while I'm talking to her, she takes a Post-It note from my desk and writes something on it. Then she moves it across the table towards me and it says: 'Please say yes.' So how can you say no to that?“he added.
Richard Gere reflects on his father's death
On the occasion of the release of the film Oh, CanadaRichard Gere was Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine's guest in C to youFriday December 13. “It’s crazy that Paul Schrader offered you this scenario of the end of a man who is going to indulge in a certain confusion when your father had just disappeared”remarked Pierre Lescure on the set. The American actor then returned to the death of his father, Homer George Gere, which occurred on March 1, 2023.
“My brother and my sister haven't seen the film yet and when they go to see it they will see their father, our father. Our father was much more kind and generous than Leonardo is in this film, but I use a lot of physical aspects of my father”he first explained. “He died at 101, he was surrounded by family”he added. Richard Gere then confided that he received the script a few months after his father's death. “I was still in the process of adjusting to this and trying to make sense of my father’s life and what he had gone through in his last years”he added. A beautiful testimony of love.
