It was basically a suit and a good haircut.

I mean, no chemistry, he joked after the scene was played for the audience.

This actor and this actress obviously had no chemistry between them…

Richard Gere wears a nice robe and reads a newspaper at a breakfast table in a still from ‘Pretty Woman’

Richard Gere in ‘Pretty Woman’ (1990).Buena Vista/Courtesy Everett Collection

I havent seen that in a long time, he added.

Thats a sexy scene.

It ended up being integral to the film.

Richard Gere, Louis Gossett, Jr., ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ 1982

Julia Roberts and Richard Gere inPretty Woman(1990). (Buena Vista/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Garry said to me, What do you do at late at night in a hotel?

He said, Well, lets do something with that.

So we just basically improvised this scene, and he said, Play something moody.

I just started playing something moody that was this characters interior life.

The improvised scene ultimately allowed Gere to see his character in a complete different way.