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Updated: Tuesday Oct 06, 2009 | 06:00 AM EDT By: Janet Mock

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BAD BOY: THEN

Richard Gere first sent shockwaves through Hollywood when he showed off his buff stuff in 1980's American Gigolo – and left women wanting more a decade later playing a ruthless businessman who falls for a call girl with a heart of gold in Pretty Woman. As his Gigolo costar Lauren Hutton once told PEOPLE, "Richard is a sexpot."