The difference between Paul Schrader‘s American Gigolo (’80) and Jerry Bruckheimer and Jon Bernthal‘s American Gigolo TV series (Paramount+/Showtime)…let me start again.
The difference between Richard Gere‘s Julian Kaye, who was supposed to be around 30, and Bernthal’s version of Kaye (15 years older in 1995, or Bernthal’s actual age of 45)…let me start again.
The difference between Gere and Bernthal is that the ’80 version of Gere was sexually attractive — smooth, sensual, well-tended — and Bernthal is ripped and intense but a lot less fuckable than Gere. He’s not unattractive, but he’s nowhere close to young Gere’s league.
