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Published 14:03 25 Mar 2015 GMT
Updated 13:05 11 Jun 2015 BST

“Well, there wasn’t a part,” Gere explained on why he turned down the role. “There was just nothing. The joke was [it was just] a suit.”
He went on to explain that he was on the phone to the director who was trying to convince him to take the part when Julia passed him a post-it note.
“She turns it around and she pushes it to me, and it said, ‘Please say yes!’” Gere revealed.
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