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Richard Gere’s facts

Richard Gere…

was prepared to go to prison to help free Tibet from Chinese rule — The actor has long been involved in high-profile campaigns to free the country but says he’d give it up and be incarcerated if that would help more. (April 10, 2003)

is People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive (1999)

was A Buddhist for over a decade, Gere was banned from the Oscars once after making anti-China comments on the air at the 1993 ceremony.

Turned down the lead role in DIE HARD which went to Bruce Willis.

In PRETTY WOMAN, the opera he takes Julia Roberts to is La Traviata, which is about a prostitute who falls in love with a wealthy man.

Nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1983)  

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  1. Benny Chandra

    Richar? Gak pake ‘d’? :)

    September 7th, 2007 at 9:27 pm

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