Richard Gere - 'Oh, Canada' & 'The Agency'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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One of the great leading men of the last 50 years — think about his work in 'Days of Heaven,' 'American Gigolo,' 'An Officer and a Gentleman,' 'Pretty Woman' and 'Chicago' — reflects on how gymnastics and music helped to make him a better actor; how, over the decades, the sort of projects to which he's been drawn hasn't changed, but the industry's desire for them has; and what it was like reuniting with Paul Schrader, 44 years after their first collaboration, on his latest film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Awards Chatter is brought to you by AMC and AMC Plus, presenting the critically acclaimed second season of Anne Rice's interview with the vampire.
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0:27.4	Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 561st episode of the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. I'm the host, Scott Feinberg,
0:39.0	and my guest today is one of the great leading men of the last 50 years. He's a dashing
0:44.8	All-American, who has had, as Variety recently put it, the sort of hugely successful, long,
0:50.8	eclectic career that nearly every actor would kill for. That includes memorable performances
0:56.5	in classics like 1978's Days of Heaven, 1980s American Gigolo, 1982's an officer and a gentleman,
1:04.6	1990s Pretty Woman, 1999's runaway bride, and 2002s Chicago, as well as standout performances in a lot of lower profile films, the most recent being 2024's O Canada, a drama about a dying documentarian who wants to get some things off his chest before it's too late. That film reunited him with his American Jiglo director, Paul Schrader, 44 years after
1:30.3	they last worked together. The Silver Fox himself, Richard Geer. Over the course of our conversation,
1:37.1	the 75-year-old and I discussed how two of his early passions, gymnastics, and music, helped to make
1:43.1	him a better actor, what his experiences were working
1:46.5	with master filmmakers like Terrence Malick and Akira Corasawa, and opposite leading
1:51.5	ladies like Julia Roberts and Diane Keaton, why he was so drawn to the role of Leonard
1:56.9	Fife in O Canada, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last May and will go into
2:01.5	limited release in the U.S. on Friday and what it was like reteaming on it with Schrader, plus
2:07.7	much more.
2:09.2	And so without further ado, let's go to that conversation.
2:15.8	Richard, thank you so much for doing this.
2:18.2	Really appreciate it.
2:19.5	I can't remember if we've met before or not.
2:22.0	We have.
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