Like most things in life worth preserving,Richard Gereknows marriage takes care and effort.
“I’ve been married three times,” the actor, 73, toldExtrarecently in a chat surrounding his upcoming rom-comMaybe I Do, when asked about relating to the themes in the film that costarsSusan Sarandon,Diane Keaton,Emma Roberts,William H. Macyand Luke Bracey.
“There’s always two things are going on at the same time in any relationship is that you, as an individual, are still trying to figure out who you are, always,” said Gere,who was been marriedtoAlejandra Silvasince 2018. (The couple share two children:Alexander, who turns 4 next month, anda younger sonwhose birth PEOPLE confirmed in April 2020.)
One big question he always asks is: “How do you share that with another person, and does it fit?” “The person that you are today was not the same person you were 50 years ago when the relationship started,” he explained. “They’renot the same person. You’re not the same people together.”
Gere continued, “So it’s aconstant checking in to see, ‘Does this work?‘And sometimes it doesn’t … you’ve gone in different directions and, okay, you’re in different places, and there’s not a reason to stay together anymore.”
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Richard Gere and Alejandra Silva.Jamie McCarthy/Getty
On Jan. 17, Gere and Silva, 39, appeared at a special screening ofMaybe I Doin New York City along with Gere’s costars Roberts, 31, and Sarandon, 76, markinga rare red-carpet appearance for the couple.
Gere and Silva, whogot married in a secret ceremonyin April 2018, kept close on the carpet as they held hands and wrapped their arms around one another while posing for photos.
“Practicing Buddhism and doing humanitarian work have fulfilled and transformed him, and he is at a stage when he can make the kinds of films that he likes,” the insider added of Gere, who was previously married toCindy CrawfordandCarey Lowell. He and Lowell, 61, share son Homer, 22.
Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere.Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Gere and Silva turned heads in 2018 when they got married and announced plans to start a family despite their 33-year age difference.
A source close to the couple told PEOPLE at the time thatthe two were “extraordinarily happy.”
“They’re so comfortable with each other, have fun together and are looking forward to their future together,” the insider said.
Maybe I Dois in theaters Friday.
source: people.com
