Richard Gere Reveals Improvised Scene In 'Pretty Woman,' Jokes His Character Was 'Criminally Underwritten'

Richard Gere is opening up about one of his most famous movies Pretty Woman!

The 75-year-old actor, of course, starred alongside Julie Roberts in the film, which was released over 34 years ago, on March 23, 1990.

While appearing at a masterclass during the 2024 Venice Film Festival, Richard revealed one major scene that was actually improvised.

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“No chemistry,” he joked about him and Julia, via Variety. “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.”

The scene in question, the steamy piano scene in the film.

“This was never in the script. … We didn’t know how we would use it later. It ended up being integral to the film,” Richard said, joking that he “was playing a character that was almost criminally underwritten. It was basically a suit and a good haircut.”

The actor also noted the idea for the scene came after the director, Garry Marshall, asked him, “What do you do at late at night in a hotel?”

“I said, ‘Well, I’m usually jet lagged, [that] would be the time I’m in a hotel. So I’m up all night and usually there’s a ballroom somewhere or a bar, and I’ll find a piano and I’ll play the piano’” Richard revealed, via THR. “He said: ‘Well, let’s do something with that. So we just basically improvised this scene, and he said: ‘Play something moody.’ I just started playing something moody that was this character’s interior life.”

Pictured here: Richard hitting the red carpet at the 2024 Venice Film Festival on Sunday (September 1) alongside wife Alejandra Silva and son Homer James Jigme Gere. They also attended the amfAR Gala Venezia 2024.

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