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Richard Gere Remembers His First Meeting With Julia Roberts Ahead of Pretty Woman: 'Please Say Yes'

Richard Gere is reminiscing on his long friendship with Julia Roberts, which all started with a meeting in his office ahead of agreeing to film 'Pretty Woman.'

During a Nov. 20 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the 75-year-old actor said that the two first met prior to filming the '90s romantic comedy, which was directed by the late Garry Marshall. She and Gere would go on to star as romantic interests in another Marshall film, Runaway Bride, and have stayed in touch over the years. As he told Vanity Fair Spain in April, "For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture.

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