People ExclusiveRichard Gere: Hear the Stories Behind His Big Moments!

1982

"I never thought it would be in the movie ... it didn't work!" Gere, 57, says of the sweep-her-off-her-feet finale of An Officer and a Gentleman (with Debra Winger). But as he watched the scene in a theater, "the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I was like, 'Wow!' " Click below to hear what changed his mind.

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