Richard Gere Says Begging on New York’s Streets Was a “Profound Experience”

Actor Richard Gere revealed how he made “two and a half dollars” panhandling on a New York street while filming test scenes for his role as a homeless man in Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind.

Gere and the film crew made an effort to practice discrete filming to ensure naturalism, footage that ended up in the final cut of a film he co-produced.