Gerber tells a different story about her first meeting with Gere and their other castmates at her favorite dive bar last summer. Gere walked in late (Gerber, like her mother, is famously punctual) wearing a hat and a grin, and she thought, Wow, he’s so like his character. “I think Homer has Robert’s charisma without his cruelty,” she says. “I looked around, and I said to the group, ‘You guys are all so much like your characters. No, I don’t think you’re the exception.’