Richard Gere reveals his one requirement for a Pretty Woman sequel

If we want to see the girl who walked off the street, into his life, and stole his heart again – this has to happen.Richard Gere revealed the only way fans would get a sequel to his and Julia Roberts’ 1990 rom-com “Pretty Woman” is if the writing was up to par.“It all comes down to whether or not there’s a good script,” the actor, 75, told People on Wednesday.The film — whose director Garry Marshall died in 2016 at age 81 — followed Gere’s character Edward Lewis, a wealthy businessman who hires Roberts’ Vivian Ward, a sex worker, while on a business trip in Los Angeles.The pair falls in love, and the movie’s final scene ends with a kiss to Roxette’s “It Must Have Been Love.”Looking back at the rom-com, Gere said on The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast in December, “I’m so proud of that movie and proud of the work process that we did to create that movie.” “And I’m not only proud,” he gushed, “I’m thankful for that movie because it allowed me to do a lot of other things too.”Taking a moment to dissect playing the suave businessman, the Spain resident recalled, “There was no character.”“So, I read this thing, and I said, ‘It’s not for me.” Gere felt Edward was “just a suit,” but Marshall assured the star that, along with Roberts, 57, they would “find” the character.“We ended up, you know, really trying to find a character there that made sense within the structure and, you know, the essence of what that piece was,” Gere explained.“To make it heartfelt, to make it charming, make it fun, make it sexy, you know? And we all loved each other.

Great trust, we had a wonderful time, and we had no idea that it was gonna be what it was.”In 2024, the “Longing” star also revealed that his and Roberts’ “Pretty Woman” piano scene was improvised after a conversation with Marshall.“I haven’t seen that in a long time, too.It was a sexy, sexy scene,” he said, per The Ho...