Richard Gere was so convincing as a homeless man on the street of New York that a tourist offered him some pizza. Not surprisingly, the actor was incredibly “touched” by the gesture.
The Pretty Woman star was in-character near NYC’s Grand Central Station earlier this week when a woman approached him with an offer. Since Gere was rummaging through a trash can for food, 42-year-old Karine Gombeau gave him a slice of pizza. The Inquisitr reported that she even apologized to Richard because it was cold .
“Thank you so much. God bless you,” Richard Gere told the woman.
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The actor will portray a homeless man in director Oren Moverman’s upcoming drama Time Out of Mind , a film that also stars Kyra Sedgwick and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire actress Jena Malone. The filmmaker recently revealed that Richard Gere was completely surprised that someone would make such a selfless offer.
“He was very touched… He said, ‘Ya know, she was like an angel.’ He was in character, so obviously he was feeling like a guy who lives on the street. When she came over, he said he felt like an angel gave him a gift,” Moverman told The New York Post .
According to the Express , Gombeau didn’t realize that the homeless man was actually Richard Gere. She just saw a person who obviously needed a bite to eat. It wasn’t until someone showed Gombeau a picture of herself with Gere in-character that she realized the man she helped was an actor.
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“It was magical… It’s crazy, this story. It’s unimaginable that something like this could happen. I think he’s very handsome, even at his age. Pretty Woman’ was not my favorite movie, but I really loved ‘Chicago.’” she explained during a chat with The New York Post .
She added, “It leaves me really sad to know we waste food and they have nothing. It really moves me.”
According to the Daily Mail , Time Out of Mind stars Richard Gere as a homeless man who attempts to rebuild a relationship with his daughter (Jena Malone). Unfortunately for those who are anxious to catch the flick on the big screen, the drama doesn’t have a release date as of this writing.
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