Richard Gere dislocates his shoulder in fight scene but refuses to use stuntman

(HMG) – Richard Gere is getting older, but don’t tell him he needs a stuntman. The 61-year-old dislocated his shoulder filming a fight scene in new thriller “The Double,” causing filming to stop for six weeks. Gere was shooting the scene with British actor Tamer Hassan, who made headlines earlier this year when he was involved in a real-life fight with fellow hard-man actor Vinnie Jones. Despite his injury, Gere is adamant he wants to continue with the physical scenes instead of relying on a body double, according to his co-star Tamer Hassan.

He tells London’s Daily Telegraph, “We had been rehearsing for four weeks every night and Richard was great, but he had a problem with his shoulder.

“I said, ‘Look Richard, just slip in where you can’. But, oh no, not Richard, he went: ‘I want to do it’. He did it and dislocated his shoulder.

“The production was shut down for six weeks because of Richard’s shoulder and I just got told on Monday that he is going to come back and do it himself again. So fair play to him, and he looks as beautiful as he always did.”

The Double is set for release next year.