Oh, Canada reunites director Paul Schrader with American Gigolo star Richard Gere almost 45 years later. Oh, Canada sees Gere play Leonard Fife, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and ex-pat with increasing dementia who is close to death. Fife decides to take part in a documentary by his students where he essentially confesses his many life sins, including multiple affairs and the various lies he has told about himself. It is a very different role for Gere, who, thanks to American Gigolo, became a sex symbol and is typically known for playing charming leading men in movies like An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, and Runaway Bride.
In a role that might have traditionally gone to Anthony Hopkins or Tommy Lee Jones, Paul Schrader wanted an actor audiences wouldn’t expect. Read More