Richard Gere is opening up about an important acting lesson he took from the making of Pretty Woman . In an interview with SiriusXM’s The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw, the 75-year-old actor said that it was late director Garry Marshall who helped ensure that the chemistry between Gere and costar Julia Roberts was just right.

Gere opened up about the romantic classic during the Nov. 20 episode of the Today show. Host Savannah Guthrie mentioned that the 1990 film’s 35th anniversary is coming next year, and she asked about the iconic scene in which Gere’s character plays piano.

Richard Gere took a stroll down the memory lane.The actor recently shared a valuable acting lesson he learned while working on the iconic film Pretty Woman. Speaking on SiriusXM’s

The actor said that the two first met just prior to filming the '90s romantic comedy, which was directed by the late Garry Marshall

Pretty Woman is an iconic movie, full stop — and almost nothing is more iconic than Julia Roberts and Richard Gere's spicy piano scene. You know the one. Well, Richard Gere just spilled on that sensual scene over 30 years later,