"I wonder if he's watching this with his kids and his grandkids"... The controversy that caused Hollywood to cancel Richard Gere. The actor used his spotlight at the Oscar Awards to attack a person who was as radical as he was powerful. What Gere didn't realize was that his acidic darts would bring him serious consequences for a period of time that stretched over 20 years. It was the unfair price he had to pay for a just and necessary struggle. | Icons