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On 8 October 2015, a Facebook post appeared to show a message from Hollywood actor Richard Gere. It said that he had given $100 to every homeless person he saw after going undercover as a homeless man in New York. The post with Richard Gere's name on it went viral. However, it contained a mixture of facts, exaggerations, and unsubstantiated stories. Richard Gere did play a homeless man in the film Time Out of Mind. While it's a stretch to say he went undercover as a homeless person for the movie, the approach his director had him take during its first day of filming was a bit unusual: Several other anecdotes about the actor going unnoticed while filming on the streets of New York emerged afterward. For instance, on April 24, 2014, the New York Post snapped a few photographs of the actor accepting charity in the form of a slice of pizza from an unsuspecting woman: The portion of the viral Facebook post which claims that Gere gave every homeless person he saw $100, however, was initially unconfirmed. This story originated on a fan page for the actor which is not officially endorsed by Richard Gere. While the words quoted in the post do summarize some of the events that occurred during the filming of Time Out of Mind, they do not comprise an actual quote from Richard Gere. Gere and screenwriter/director Oren Moverman later appeared in a Facebook Q&A during which the actor was asked about this rumor, and he responded by acknowledging that reports of his making $100 handouts to the homeless were fictional:
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