Richard Gere gets cozy with Diana Silvers on Asymmetry set
Richard Gere gets cozy with his much-younger onscreen love interest, Diana Silvers, 28, while filming the romantic drama Asymmetry in New York City. Photos from the set show the 76-year-old Pretty Woman star holding hands with Silvers and sitting close on a park bench as they shoot age-gap romance scenes.
According to Page Six, the co-stars were photographed Thursday in a New York City park looking engrossed in conversation. Gere sat with his arm perched behind Silvers on a bench as they filmed.
Silvers, known for Space Force, wore a cream-colored leaf-pattern dress and black loafers. Gere appeared in character in a casual button-up and jeans.
Key Takeaways
- Richard Gere, 76, was seen getting cozy with Diana Silvers, 28, on the Asymmetry set in NYC.
- Thursday park-bench photos showed Gere with his arm behind Silvers during a filmed conversation.
- Earlier Monday set photos captured the pair holding hands and walking arm-in-arm as their characters.
- Asymmetry is a romantic drama based on Lisa Halliday's 2018 novel about an age-gap relationship.
- Oscar winner Edward Zwick is attached to direct and produce; no release date has been announced.
What happened on the Asymmetry set this week?
The Thursday sighting was not the first look at Gere and Silvers filming together. On Monday, Page Six reported, the co-stars were photographed canoodling as their characters while shooting another scene.
They were seen holding hands while walking through New York City streets. At one point, Gere wrapped his arm around Silvers' waist and pulled her close as she draped her arm across his shoulders.
The images fueled buzz across celebrity breaking news coverage because they underline the film's central age-gap romance — and because Gere, 76, and Silvers, 28, are playing lovers whose characters meet by chance in Central Park.
What is Asymmetry about?
Asymmetry follows Alice (Silvers), a young editorial assistant in New York, and world-renowned 70-year-old author Ezra Blazer (Gere). The film is based on Lisa Halliday's critically acclaimed 2018 novel of the same name.
According to the film's logline, one moment of eye contact sparks a connection that leads them into a private romance: Ezra finds someone he can be vulnerable with, and Alice finds courage to explore her aspirations as a writer — until their secret is exposed.
The novel's first section, titled Folly, centers on Alice's relationship with the famous older writer. Page Six notes the movie appears to focus on Alice and Ezra's story rather than the book's later sections.
Who is making the movie, and when does it come out?
Oscar winner Edward Zwick penned the screenplay with Halliday and Marshall Herskovitz. Zwick is also attached to direct and produce. Halliday has said it was a privilege to work with Zwick and Herskovitz on adapting Alice and Ezra's story for the screen.
The film does not yet have a release date.
Is Richard Gere's real-life relationship also an age-gap romance?
Off-screen, Gere is married to Alejandra Silva, 43. The couple began dating in 2014 and married in 2018. They share two sons and have relocated to Silva's home country of Spain. Gere is also dad to son Homer, 26, with ex-wife Carey Lowell; Silva has a son, Albert, from a previous marriage.
For now, the Asymmetry set photos remain onscreen work: Gere and Silvers filming the private world of Alice and Ezra as cameras roll in New York.