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Homer Gere Says It’s “Really Funny” Working With Kaia Gerber on ‘The Shards,’ 30 Years After Famous Parents’ Divorce
Actors Homer Gere and Kaia Gerber have spoken about the "really funny" experience of co-starring in Ryan Murphy's new FX series The Shards, 30 years after their famous parents, Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford, divorced. Speaking at the show's New York premiere, both said they had not met before filming began, despite their parents' long overlapping careers in entertainment, and described quickly becoming close friends and supportive scene partners during production.
Crawford and Gere divorced in 1995; Crawford later married Rande Gerber in 1998 and had Kaia in 2001, while Richard Gere married Carey Lowell in 2002 (they divorced in 2016, and he later remarried Alejandra Silva). Homer told E! News he and Kaia met at a cast gathering two weeks before shooting and bonded quickly, while Kaia praised Homer as "the greatest scene partner ever." The Shards, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis's novel about privileged students amid a 1981 Los Angeles serial killer plot, premieres on FX on 5 August.
In short
- Homer Gere and Kaia Gerber co-star in FX's The Shards
- Their parents, Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford, divorced in 1995
- The pair only met on set, and became close friends
- Series, based on Bret Easton Ellis's novel, premieres 5 August
Explained simply
Homer Gere and Kaia Gerber are both actors who have recently been cast together in a new television series called The Shards on the FX network. Homer is the son of Richard Gere, the renowned film actor, and Kaia is the daughter of Cindy Crawford, the supermodel and businesswoman. Notably, the two had never met before being cast in this drama series, despite their famous families' long presence in the entertainment industry.
The professional collaboration has drawn attention because of their parents' shared past. Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford were married and divorced in 1995, a separation that received significant media coverage at the time. The fact that their children are now working together on a major television production three decades later has captured public interest.
The Shards is an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel and follows privileged students in 1980s Los Angeles during a serial killer investigation. The series airs on FX and represents the professional collaboration between the two actors described above.