Posted on May 11, 2015 by Christine Sparta in The Montclair Times The Montclair Times, By Christine Sparta It’s Richard Gere as you’ve never seen him: He lets his movie-star looks go, sleeps in a bathtub, and even panhandles for spare change. Despite on-screen appearances, Gere’s real-life fortunes seem intact. This was a required transformation for the role of George Hammond, a homeless man he plays in the film “Time Out of Mind.”