Richard Gere is one for the history books. The beloved actor became a worldwide celebrity after his performance in Pretty Woman, and since then, the now 73-year-old has been a heartthrob around the globe.
Gere’s career has been quite extraordinary, not least because he, at one point, was pretty much banned from making big-time movies. Instead, he focused on doing independent films for one very good reason.
However, looking back, it could’ve ended in a very different way for Richard Gere, who revealed that he not only was close to not doing Pretty Woman – but that he had already screwed up his career at that point.
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