Young years
Richard Tiffany Gere was born on August 29, 1949 in the city of Philadelphia (USA, Pennsylvania). However, the childhood of the future actor did not pass in the urban neighborhoods, but on the farm of the parents. Gere has learned to repair a tractor, fed chickens and did not do well at school. Probably, the rural patriarchal childhood helped the future sex symbol of the planet to preserve a bright and romantic image. Who knows how the fate of Richard Gere would have turned if he had grown up in a brutal, multimillion-dollar Philadelphia.
However, do not think that Richard Tiffany Gir grew up as a good-looking girl and read poetry under the moonlight to the girls. In 1967 he entered the prestigious Massachusetts University. But he is not attracted by science - he studied only a couple of years. Much more time he gave a cheerful life in the company of rock musicians and ... philosophy. It came to that in search of the meaning of life Richard Gere left the university and went to India to comprehend the world. His fate threw him into the monastery of Dharamsala, lost among the highest peaks of the Himalayan mountains. Richard was struck by the simple, but meaningful life of Buddhist monks. The persistent young man got an audience with a respected lama. He looked at Richard and said a sacramental phrase that became a prophecy: "Wisdom, like love, is not to be looked for, they are inside us." Only after many years, Richard Gere understood its significance.
Carier start
After returning to America, he was drawn to the stage. Richard escaped with a visiting circus from home, traveled around the cities and villages. And then he entered the theater studio. The first role in the movie Gere got only in 26 years. It was a melodrama "Report for the Commissioner", he happened to play a small pimp. In the next picture, the actor played pimp again. It seemed that behind him would be fixed the role of a regular scoundrel. But the fifteen-minute love scene changed the creative career. Spectators who watched the film, literally fell in love with a young handsome. Richard Gere entered the first step of the staircase leading to glory. Surprisingly, in life, the actor did not get along very well with the girls. The reason for this shyness, eastern philosophy or other circumstances - is not known. According to the actor himself, the first girl he appeared at 22 years old. It was Penelope Milford, also an actress. But the relationship, according to Richard, lacked depth of feeling. Biography Gir again changed dramatically ...
The spirit of wanderings and moral principles did not give the actor peace. Richard threw a film career for the sake of life in Tibet. Then he was agitated by the fate of the endangered Indian tribes of the Amazon. During this period, he met with the Brazilian artist Sylvia Martins. Their romance was turbulent and lasted five years, which for a windy hero-lover was a record. However, the burning Latin American never brought Richard to the altar. Gere again fell ill with the spirit of wanderings and flew to India for new impressions and the meaning of life. There he even met with the Dalai Lama. We somehow do not believe that a popular actor may prefer adoration and glory to spiritual search. But it was so in reality. Perhaps Richard Gere would have wandered around the monasteries in search of enlightenment. But one day his agent, through a driver of camels, gave a proposal for filming in the melodrama "Pretty Woman".
What happened next, we all know. The film has become a classic, and after so many years is still the favorite film of women of the planet. Since that moment, Richard's biography has made a sharp turn again. Richard Gere, along with the partner in the film, Julia Roberts woke up literally famous. They for many years have become the main heroes of romantic melodramas. And if Julia Roberts lost this role to the younger actresses, there's no one to replace Richard Gere. Actors of the new generation prefer more brutal and dynamic roles. And there are not so many powerful charisms. If you make ten of the best melodramas, Richard Gere was probably shot in half of them. Who will be left indifferent melodramas: "Pretty Woman", "Runaway Bride", "Autumn in New York", "Sommersby", "Chicago", "Hatiko". If you believe the encyclopedia, in the spring of 2011 the filmography of the actor has 43 films.
Family life
One day, Gere visited his friend, as always, about the problems of Tibet. Suddenly, a girl wrapped in towels came out of the bathroom. Seeing the already famous actor, the girl grabbed her head and dropped her towel. Before Richard appeared in all its glory the ideal of beauty and the standard of femininity - supermodel Cindy Crawford. The actor was so submissive that Eastern philosophy fell into the background. Just before Christmas 1991, they played a wedding in Las Vegas. The wedding was a chamber, with a budget of only $ 500. Whom to tell - the rings were made of aluminum foil! But this is the position of Gira-Buddhist. When there is so much poverty in the world, why waste money. True, a modest celebration did not prevent journalists from recognizing this pair as the most stellar. At first, Cindy Crawford did not attach much importance to her husband's hobbies. However, the relationship deteriorated. Instead of communicating with his wife, Richard preferred to visit the Dalai Lama or run a personal fund. Besides, he did not want children. Apparently Cindy's opinion was not interested. The marriage did not last long. In 1994, they split up. Crawford wanted children, and Richard Gere was drawn to the Himalayas.
Settled Gere only in 60 years. In 2000, he and his companion life actress Carrie Lowell son was born. Only when he saw his own son, the actor experienced enlightenment. He finally understood the meaning of the words of the monk, spoken still in a distant youth. In the biography of Richard Gere everything fell into place. According to him, he did not degenerate into another person, but became what he really was.