Granada, 7 (Europa Press)
Richard Gere, who is in Granada on Saturday, International Goya this year met 50 years since his debut on the big screen, warned at Alhambra about the political moment he believes is living in his opinion from his return to his power. marriage «of power and money». «The billionaires are today in the position of the United States,» he denounced.
The famous American actor and producer is the most international of the different visitors who come to the Nazari facilities these days, in the prelude to the 39th Goya Awards at the Palacio de Congresos in Granada and offered a press conference at the Palacio de Carlos V, in the monumental complex. Nasrid, before a private visit.
The star of «Officer and a Gentleman» pointed out that «you have to be vigilant,» as long as he was not aware of «how fast the start of the new Trump administration was. The actor lamented that there are «billionaires who are today in the United States,» which, in his opinion, «is a danger to everyone on this planet.»
This «dark marriage» of power and money is «irresponsible and even dangerously corrosive,» said Gere, who showed, in the presence of his wife, the Spanish Alejandra Silva, his «gratitude» for the «opportunities» that his artistic career offered him. He, as well as his concern for social causes, such as those related to shelter.
The actor, with works that offered him worldwide fame, like Edward Lewis in «Pretty Woman,» indicated that the political moment in the United States is «deeply disturbing» and has been «shocking» based on «people spoke and chose This president and this is a fact.
As they could, «the people who voted even thought he would do what he promised to do» and it was shown that it could be «worse,» alluding to the «dark depth of everything that a state has been doing these weeks.
«It was very dark»
Gere referred, in particular, to the decision to close international organizations and programs «that did extraordinary work» with, for example, people with HIV in Africa. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was, he said, «one of the best humanitarian programs in the world» and hopes that «people will rise» before the «darkness» that is coming.
When journalists asked if Hollywood could be in danger, he indicated that «the world is in danger» with people doing «one dark thing after another» by Trump, who did not refer to the name that arrived at the Oval Office in blank. House.
The Living in Spain reports to see «how happy» his wife is, in addition to the «great» food or the people in this land and praised his friend Antonio Banderas facing Saturday, in which he is planned to give: I Goya International, Decline of comments on the messages from the networks Karla Sofía Gascón.
Although he remembered Granada and the surroundings of the Alhambra with fewer tourists when he was there four decades ago, he was impressed by the «incredible dance of history» in this enclave of Andalusian Heritage, where he analyzed how American cinema evolved throughout his career, in which he had the opportunity to make «wonderful» films.
Shot in Spain
The business model of the major studios has changed, recognized and, as long as large investments are needed to make a film, «Truly independent cinema is very difficult.» Fascinated as he said Spain and «to learn more and more about Spanish culture and, in particular, Andalusia,» he said he would be delighted to make a film in his current country of residence.
When asked how he felt almost compelled to be in Granada about Federico García Lorca, he indicated that the poet from Fuente Vaqueros is «known to everyone,» because he added that he is clear in places like New York.
Highlighted in Goyas
The film academy indicated on January 30 that Goya Gere was awarded «for his extraordinary contribution to cinematographic art, touching on some of the most emblematic films in the history of cinema and the social commitment, manifested personally and professionally, developed over decades.
He will be distinguished with the fourth International Goya in history, after actresses Cate Blanchett, Juliette Binoche, and Sigourney Weaver received. «He is one of the most charismatic and employed actors in the industry,» said the academy.
The institution also emphasized the «undeniable» physical appeal of the actor, who has been acting for five decades and will collect the International Goya in the year that marks the 50th anniversary of his debut on the big screen.
Terrence Malick, Francis Ford Coppola, John Schlesinger, Robert Altman, Paul Schrader, Richard Brooks, Lasse Hallström, Mike Figgis, Todd Haynes, Rob Marshall, Mira Nair, and Jerry Zucker are some of the directors who make up the filmography and the protagonist and the protagonist and the protagonist, also of «Days of Heaven,» «Honorary Consul,» «Attpados No Out,» «The Great Scam,» «I’m Not There,» «The Case of the Wells,» «Amelia,» and «The Lords of Brooklyn».
Gere, who was born in Philadelphia 75 years ago and grew up in a small town in New York, worked with actresses like Julia Roberts, Kim Basinger, Jodie Foster, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Diane Lane, and Uma Thurman.
Among his awards, the Donostia Award from the San Sebastian Film Festival, which he received in 2007. InterContinental Hotel.
Furthermore, 30 years ago, he founded the Gere Foundation to channel his intense activism in favor of Tibetan autonomy and preserving Tibetan culture nurtured by the Dalai Lama, Buddhist practices from the age of 20; as well as his support for the rights of indigenous peoples, refugees, and the homeless.