“Billonarians are in charge of the US”

Richard Gere, who collects this Saturday in Granada the International Goya in the year in which the 50th anniversary of his debut on the big screen is fulfilled, has warned in the Alhambra about the political moment that lives in his opinion the United States from the return to the power of Donald Trump, with a “dark marriage” of power and money. “Billonarians are today in the position of America,” he denounced.

The famous American actor and producer is the most international of distinguished visitors who arrives at the Nazari enclosure these days, in the prelude to the 39 Goya Awards gala at the Granada Congresses Palace, and has offered a press conference in the Palacio de Carlos V, in the Nasrid monumental complex, before a private visit.

The protagonist of ‘Officer and Caballero’ has indicated that “you have to be vigilant” as long as it has not been aware “of how quickly the beginning of the new Trump administration was going. The actor has lamented that there are “Billonarians who are today in the charge of America”, which means, in his opinion, “a danger to all the people of this planet.”

This “dark marriage” of power and money is “irresponsible and even dangerously corrosive,” said Gere, who has shown, in the presence of his wife, the Spanish Alejandra Silva, her “gratitude” for the “opportunities” that his artistic career He has given him, as well as his concern for social causes such as those related to homeless.

The actor, with papers that gave him worldwide fame like Edward Lewis’s in ‘Pretty Woman’, has indicated that the political moment in the United States is “deeply disturbing” and has declared himself “in shock” based on the basis that ” The people spoke and chose this president and this is a fact. ”

Be that as it may, “the people who voted even thought that he was going to do what he promised to do” and it has been shown that it can be “even worse”, alluding to the “dark depth of everything he has State doing these weeks. ”

“Very dark era”

Gere has referred, specifically, to the decision to close international organizations and programs “who were doing an extraordinary job” 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 stand up” before the “very time Dark “that comes.

Asked by journalists about whether Hollywood can be at risk, he indicated that “the world is at risk” with people who do “a dark thing after another” since Trump, who has not referred at any time by name by name , he arrived at the Oval Office in the White House.

Living in Spain reports to see “how happy he is” his wife, in addition to the “great” food or people of this land, and has praised his friend Antonio Banderas in the face of this Saturday’s gala, in which he is planned To give him the International Goya, declining comments on the messages in networks of actress Karla Sofía Gascón.

Although he remembered Granada and the environment of the Alhambra with less tourists when he was four decades ago, he has been impressed with “the incredible dance of history” of this Andalusian heritage enclave, in which he has also analyzed how American cinema has evolved to throughout his career, in which he has had the opportunity to roll “wonderful” films.

Roll in Spain

The business model of the big studies has changed, has recognized, and as long as “great investments to make a film” are needed, the “truly independent cinema is very difficult.” Fascinated as stated by Spain and “to learn more and more of all Spanish culture, and Andalusian in particular,” he said he would be delighted to make some film in his current country of residence.

Asked how he was almost obliged to be in Granada about Federico García Lorca, he indicated that the poet of Fuente Vaqueros knows him “everyone”, as he added that it is clear in places like New York.

Highlighted in the Goyas

The Film Academy indicated on January 30 that the Goya Gere granted “for its extraordinary contribution to cinematographic art, starring in some of the most iconic films in the history of cinema, and social commitment, manifested personally and in The professional, developed for decades. ”

It will be distinguished with the fourth international Goya in history, after the actresses Cate Blanchett, Juliette Binoche and Sigourney Weaver received. “It is one of the most charismatic and committed actors in the industry,” said the academy.

The institution also highlighted the “undoubted” physical attractiveness of the actor, who has been acting for five decades and will collect the International Goya in the year in which the 50th anniversary of his debut on the big screen is fulfilled.

Terrence Malick, Francis Ford Coppola, John Schlesinger, Robert Altman, Paul Schrader, Richard Brooks, Lasse Hallström, Mike Figgis, Todd Haynes, Rob Marshall, Look Nair and Jerry Zucker are some of the directors who make up the filmography of the also protagonist of ‘ Days of heaven ‘,’ Honorary Consul ‘,’ Atrapados No exit ‘,’ Looking for Mr. Goodbar ‘,’ Always by your side (Hachiko) ‘,’ Dirty Affairs ‘,’ Mr. Jones ‘,’ The First Knight ‘,’ Chacal ‘,’ The Great Scam ‘,’ I’m Not There ‘,’ The Wells Case, ‘Amelia’ and ‘Los Amos de Brooklyn’.

Gere, who was born in Philadelphia 75 years ago and grew in a small city in the upper part of the state of New York, has worked with actresses such as Julia Roberts, Kim Bassinger, Jodie Foster, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Diane Lane and Uma Thurman.

Among his awards, the Donostia Prize of the San Sebastián Festival, which he achieved in 2007. Gere resides in Spain since the past fall and has even been able to see this Christmas following the ride of the Magi in Madrid at the Intercontinental Hotel at the Intercontinental Hotel.

In addition, 30 years ago he founded the Gere Foundation to channel his intense activism in favor of the autonomy of Tibet and the preservation of the Tibetan culture raised by the Dalai Lama -the actor practices Buddhism from the age of 20; as well as their support for the rights of indigenous peoples, refugees and homeless people.