05/25/2024
Appts are great
Richard Gere - Gere bought his Appy, Drukpa, sight unseen after a friendโs recommendation just before filming Sommersby. The 8-year-old gelding had previously been used as a turnback horse at the rodeos held in Saratoga, New York. Drukpa was Gereโs first horse.
โI brought him down to Virginia where we were shooting. The production had built a Civil War-era town in the middle of a national forest, complete with fields and a stable. So, I just left Drukpa in the paddock there. When I had a 10-minute break, I just saddled him up and took off! It was a perfect situation.โ
Drukpa and Richard became lifelong pals after that trip.
โThis big Appy follows me around like a dog,โ he said during an interview. โFirst horses are like your first girlfriend. You never forget.โ