{"id":9800,"date":"2026-07-18T18:29:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9800"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:29:53","slug":"richard-gere-76-cosies-up-to-28-year-old-on-screen-love-interest-while-filming-controversial-romance-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9800","title":{"rendered":"Richard Gere, 76, cosies up to 28-year-old on-screen love interest while filming controversial romance movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p><strong>RICHARD Gere is spotted getting close with his 28-year-old co-star on the set of controversial romance movie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/730504\/richard-gere-age-movies-pretty-woman\/\">esteemed actor, 76,<\/a> is currently in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/where\/new-york\/\">New York City<\/a> and was seen filming scenes with the actress in a park.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16709713\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Richard Gere cosies up to 28-year-old on-screen love interest for new controversial film<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16709710\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Richard Gere and Diana Silvers are seen filming at the Asymmetry set in New York City<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The actor is back doing what he does best, and is gearing up for his new flick Asymmetry, which is adapted from Lisa Halliday\u2019s same named novel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The film centres around an intense love affair between author Ezra (Gere) who is in his seventies and an aspiring writer called Alice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--thesun aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Entertainment\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the <span class=\"newsletter-name theme-entertainment\">Entertainment<\/span> newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book itself sparked massive controversy due to the character\u2019s shocking more than four decade age-gap.<\/p>\n<p>As filming began in New York City, Gere and actress Diana Silvers were snapped getting cosy on set.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__header\">\n<p class=\"article-readmore__headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tREAD MORE ON RICHARD GERE\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-wrapper article-readmore__content-wrapper--single\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tv\/12942068\/richard-gere-makes-obscene-gesture\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/newspress-collage-yvghjtjfc-1732203765992.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;1732185902&amp;w=360&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">finger flash<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Watch as Richard Gere makes obscene gesture at TV host leaving her stunned<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Hollywood star embraced and held hands with his much younger co-star, with the two keeping things strictly professional off-screen.<\/p>\n<p>The pair shot scenes on a bench in Central Park, which is a crucial location where the two characters meet, before beginning a steamy romance.<\/p>\n<p>The actor can be seen in a white shirt and jeans as he sits alongside Diana who\u2019s styled in a floral mid length dress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both stars were also seen walking around the park laughing and smiling together. <\/p>\n<div class=\"rail-container rail-container--full-width rail-container--white\">\n<div class=\"rail rail--classic article theme-entertainment\">\n<p><h3 class=\"rail__title\">Most read in Entertainment<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oscar-winning producer Edward Zwick is directing and writing the film.<\/p>\n<p>He said to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/richard-gere-and-diana-silver-fall-in-love-in-first-look-at-asymmetry-exclusive-12012350\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s about two people who discover that what the world calls asymmetry can in fact have another name: love.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16709712\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>The Hollywood star embraced and held hands with his much younger co-star with the two keeping things strictly professional off-screen<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16709714\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Gere is happily married within his own age-gap marriage to his 43-year-old wife Alejandra Silva<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pretty Woman actor Gere, is happily married within his own age-gap marriage to his 43-year-old wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/730330\/alejandra-silva-richard-gere-wife\/\">Alejandra Silva<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The couple have two children together, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/724645\/richard-gere-71-wife-alejandra-silva-37-birth-baby\/\">welcoming their latest baby on April 23, 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was previously married to Carey Lowell with whom he has a son, Homer \u2013 the pair split in 2013 after 11 years of marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From 1991-1995 he was also married to supermodel Cindy Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>The star has starred in many blockbuster hits, but when he was 41 he was cast in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/tv-old\/4680391\/favourite-rom-com-best-kiss\/\" rel=\"\">Pretty Woman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which came out in 1990, saw him star alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/julia-roberts\/\">Julia Roberts<\/a> \u2013 and told the story of a romance between a wealthy businessman and a Sunset Boulevard prostitute.<\/p>\n<p>At the time he was already a famous face in Hollywood after the huge success of An Officer and a Gentleman in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002 he appeared in the film version of the musical Chicago which won six Academy Awards including Best Picture in 2003.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHARD Gere is spotted getting close with his 28-year-old co-star on the set of controversial romance movie. The esteemed actor, 76, is currently in New York City and was seen filming scenes with the actress in a park. Richard Gere cosies up to 28-year-old on-screen love interest for new controversial film Credit: Getty Richard Gere&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/newspress-collage-jr11s38ha-1784362114590.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1784362633&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}