Richard Gere’s acting career was interrupted some years ago, probably due to his utterings that upset Hollywood’s financiers. He’s now had to downgrade his lifestyle by relocating somewhere cheaper.
Over the years, Richard Gere fans must have noticed that the famous actor doesn’t appear in movies as much as before. However, the significant change wasn’t because he got old, outdated, or retired.
In 2017, Vanity Fair revealed how China financed a good chunk of Hollywood. During 1993’s Oscar Awards, Richard disparaged China while giving an off-script speech on stage in favor of Tibet’s people.
The Tibetan Buddhist and a friend of the religion’s exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, explained an incident that once happened to him, probably leading to his exclusion from the big screen. Richard said he had a project he was set to work on with a Chinese director that fell through.
Two weeks before the shooting began, the director called him on a protected line and told him they couldn’t work together. If the actor had worked with the director, he and his family would’ve been confined to China, and he’d never get to work again with Richard stating:
“I recently had an episode where someone said they could not finance a film with me because it would upset the Chinese.”..CONTINUE READING