RICHARD Gere is spotted getting close with his 28-year-old co-star on the set of controversial romance movie.
The esteemed actor, 76, is currently in New York City and was seen filming scenes with the actress in a park.
The actor is back doing what he does best, and is gearing up for his new flick Asymmetry, which is adapted from Lisa Halliday’s same named novel.
The film centres around an intense love affair between author Ezra (Gere) who is in his seventies and an aspiring writer called Alice.
The book itself had sparked massive controversy due to the character’s shocking more than four decade age-gap.
As filming began in New York City, Gere and actress Diana Silvers were snapped getting cosy on set.
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The Hollywood star embraced and held hands with his much younger co-star, with the two keeping things strictly professional off-screen.
The pair shot scenes on a bench in Central Park, which is a crucial scene where the two characters meet, before beginning a steamy romance.
The actor can be seen in a white shirt and jeans as he sits alongside Diana who’s styled in a floral mid length dress.
Both stars were also seen walking around the park laughing and smiling together.
Oscar-winning producer Edward Zwick is directing and writing the film.
He said to People: “It’s about two people who discover that what the world calls asymmetry can in fact have another name: love.”
Pretty woman actor Gere, is happily married within his own age-gap marriage to his 43-year-old wife Alejandra Silva.
The couple have two children together, welcoming their latest baby on April 23, 2020.
He was previously married to Carey Lowell with whom he has a son, Homer – the pair split in 2013 after 11 years of marriage.
From 1991-1995 he was also married to supermodel Cindy Crawford.
The star has starred in many blockbuster hits, but when he was 41 he was cast in Pretty Woman.
The film, which came out in 1990, saw him star alongside Julia Roberts – and told the story of a romance between a wealthy businessman and a Sunset Boulevard prostitute.
At the time he was already a famous face in Hollywood after the huge success of An Officer and a Gentleman in 1982.
In 2002 he appeared in the film version of the musical Chicago which won six Academy Awards including Best Picture in 2003.