Richard Gere says 'integral' 'Pretty Woman' scene with Julia Roberts was improvised

A key part of "Pretty Woman" turned out to have been improvised, according to the film's star, Richard Gere.

On Sunday, while attending a Cartier masterclass event at the Venice Film Festival, Gere revealed that a "sexy" scene between him and his co-star, Julia Roberts, was actually not meant to be a part of the movie.

"This was never in the script," Gere told the audience of a moment where Roberts' character, Vivan Ward, finds Gere's Edward Lewis in the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, playing the piano.