4. Julia convinced Richard to take the part

Exactly how did Gere land the part? Turns out it was Roberts who convinced him to accept the role, just when he was ready to turn it down.

Both Gere and Roberts recalled the moment during an appearance on ‘Today.’

He said: “We loved each other immediately. It was a nice thing. But to be honest, I didn't know if I was doing this movie yet. She's across from my desk, we're getting to know each other, we're flirty-flirty, nice-nice, it's all going [well], and [director Gary Marshall] calls up and is kind of like, 'How's it going?' And I'm going, 'Yeah, yeah...' She's across from the desk and she takes a piece of paper and she's writing something on it."

Julia then added that it was a post-it note.

Gere continued: “You remember more than I do. And she turns it around and she pushes it to me, and it said, 'Please say yes.’ It was so sweet, and after that I just said yes."