3 marriages and one failed romance of Richard Gere: Truth and myths about the main prince of Hollywood

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The famous American actor Richard Gere turns 71 on August 31. He still remains in demand in the profession today, as in the 1990s, at the peak of his popularity, and still continues to surprise fans with news about his personal life - at the age of 68 he married for the third time, and at 69 became a father for the second time. There have always been legends about his novels, although not all of them were true …

It has been called the standard of male beauty since the early 1980s. - since the movie "American Gigolo" was released. In this film, there were many explicit scenes, in one of which the actor even appeared in the frame without clothes, facing the camera, full-length. According to him, this was not supposed in the script: "". Although in the image of his hero, providing intimate services to rich women, there was not a single trait close to him, it was this film that brought Gere his first resounding popularity and made him one of the most attractive and desirable men in Hollywood.

After the release of this film, everyone expected that the actor would forever remain in the role of a hero-lover, because many directors exploited his spectacular appearance and ability to impress women. But some of them noticed his acting talent, and versatile talent, and irony, and the ability to emphasize the distance between himself and the image. For example, F. Coppola gave Richard Gere the opportunity to demonstrate his ability to play various musical instruments in the film "The Cotton Club". The actor performed non-standard character roles in the films "King David", "Internal Affairs", "Power", "August Rhapsody".

Richard Gere performed his most famous role at the age of 40 in the melodrama Pretty Woman, after which he became the first Prince of Hollywood. He had enjoyed great success with women before that, but after "Pretty Woman" he became a real idol, an object of worship. Initially, the actor refused this role - he did not want to return to the role of a romantic hero, from which he had long grown up, but later he did not regret that as a result he allowed himself to be persuaded. Moreover, Julia Roberts herself asked him then. Richard Gere later admitted: "".

Together with Julia Roberts, they looked so harmonious on the screens that journalists immediately attributed the novel off-screen to them. During the filming, the aspiring 21-year-old actress really tried with all her might to attract the attention of the Hollywood star, but he remained indifferent to her tricks. Over the years, Julia Roberts said: "".

By his 40 years, Richard Gere had never been married, but he did not have such a hectic personal life, as they wrote in the press. The actor's first long-term romance happened only at the age of 22, followed by a rather serious and long-term relationship, but he did not dare to tie the knot for a long time. Only after 40 years did he realize that he was finally ready for marriage.

A year after the release of Pretty Woman, Richard Gere, to the disappointment of fans of this film, did not marry Julia Roberts, as it was announced in many publications, but to another equally spectacular young woman - supermodel Cindy Crawford. True, their marriage lasted only 4 years. At first, both were so in love that they did not even notice how different they were. Their hobbies practically did not intersect, the schedules did not coincide, each was busy with his own career. Richard Gere was very passionate about Buddhism and traveled to Tibet, and his wife did not share his interests and was engaged in filming her own fitness lessons, to which her husband remained indifferent.

Their family union was called "the romance of the century", they really were one of the most beautiful star couples, but their relationship lacked harmony. Each of them lived their own lives, in addition, 42-year-old Richard Gere did not see an independent unit in his 25-year-old chosen one and, according to her, was inclined towards an authoritarian style of relationships.

Cindy Crawford confessed: "". And the actor himself spoke about this allegorically: "".

On the screens, Richard Gere looked like a womanizer, but in real life he was far from this image - he gravitated towards serious and long-term relationships, spiritual searches and Eastern philosophy fascinated him much more than stormy romances, and social and charitable activities - more than social events … There were even rumors in Hollywood that he was going to become a Tibetan monk, but this was not true. The actor defended the rights of the inhabitants of Tibet, more than once took part in protests and press conferences on this matter, spoke for the independence of Tibet, was a student of the Dalai Lama, but did not intend to become a monk.

In 1996, Richard Gere met former model and actress Carey Lowell, who played a Bond girl in one of the Bond movies. They officially got married in 2002, although by that time they had already lived together for 3 years. On this occasion, he said: "".

At 51, the actor first became a father - he and his wife had a son, Homer James Jigmy Gear. Friends said that during this period, Richard Gere shone with happiness. For the sake of the family, his wife abandoned her own acting career. But in 2013, the actor's second marriage broke up, and after 3 years an official divorce took place. None of the spouses commented on the reasons, referring to "differences in lifestyle." And the press then circulated rumors about Gere's romance with a beautiful TV presenter from India. She herself confirmed them, but their relationship ended after 8 months.

In 2018, Richard Gere married for the third time. His chosen one was the young Spanish entrepreneur Alejandra Silva, the daughter of the former vice-president of the Real Madrid football club. At 69, the actor became a father for the second time - he and his wife had a son. Today Richard Gere admits that he does not feel his age, although he does not hide it. He continues to act in films, and tries to spend his free time with children.

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