Richard Gere seen in Spain after ditching Hollywood: photos
Richard Gere is adjusting well to life abroad.
The “Runaway Bride” actor, 75, was seen Tuesday on a solo outing in Madrid where he and his family now live.
Gere stepped out in a black jacket with a zip-up gray hoodie and gray jogger pants. He also wore a white baseball cap that covered his signature white hair.
The “Chicago” star visited the store GAES, a company that specializes in hearing aids and audiology services.
The Hollywood icon moved from the US to Spain with his wife, Alejandra Silva, and their sons Alexander, 5, and James, 4, last year.
The family sold their sprawling $10.8 million mansion in Connecticut before they relocated to Silva’s home country.
“We are happier than ever,” Gere said about the move in an interview with Elle España last month.
“She, because she is at home and I because, if she is happy, I am happy,” Gere added about his wife.
Silva, who met the legendary actor in 2014 at a hotel in Positano, Italy, explained in the interview that the couple was also drawn to Spain for humanitarian reasons.
“The only reason why both Richard and I are here in Madrid is to be part of the board of the NGO Hogar Sí,” she shared. “We want to help this country to end homelessness. Our goal is that, within five years, no one sleeps on the street.”
Gere expressed his excitement about their move on “The Tonight Show” in November.
“My wife is Spanish and she gave me about seven years here, and so we’re going to spend some years in Madrid,” he shared. “Our kids are bilingual, so they’re going to flourish there.”
The “Pretty Woman” star is dad to son Homer, 24, from his marriage to Carey Lowell. Silva, meanwhile, has an 11-year-old son, Albert, from a prior marriage.
This past weekend, Gere made a public appearance at Spain’s Goya Awards where he received the International Award and expressed gratitude for being in the “world of telling stories” and recognized the “thousands of people it takes to make a movie,” according to Deadline.
He also spoke to the press about the “profound experience” that comes with watching movies.
“Leaving your house, you can’t pause the film or leave it for tomorrow. Being with strangers in the dark watching a film … Anything that takes us away from that magic means that we are losing something that is in our basic DNA as human beings,” he said.
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