Richard Gere Talks Improvising ‘Pretty Woman’s’ ‘Sexy’ Piano Scene and Why His Character Was ‘Criminally Underwritten’: ‘It Was Basically a Suit and a Good Haircut’
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Richard Gere feted his birthday with hyped-up fans at a masterclass hosted by Cartier at the Venice Film Festival and revealed some behind-the-scenes on the filming of his cult movie “Pretty Woman” directed by Garry Marshall.
Reacting to a clip of his steamy piano scene with Julia Roberts, Gere laughed and blushed about his palpable chemistry with the actor. “No chemistry,” he laughed. “I mean, this actor and this actress, obviously, had no chemistry between them… I haven’t seen that in a long time, too.
It was a sexy, sexy scene.” Gere then went on to share that the scene had been improvised. “This was never in the script. (…) We didn’t know how we would use it later.
It ended up being integral to the film,” said Gere, who also joked that he “was playing a character that was almost criminally underwritten.
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