Overview
- Gere addressed hundreds at FIL Guadalajara in a talk titled “Compassion in Action” in the Salón Juan Rulfo.
- He praised Mexico’s president, saying “Your President is incredible,” after noting her dealings with Donald Trump.
- He said he felt “deeply ashamed” of the U.S. president and criticized what he views as attacks on rights and freedoms.
- Gere listed Viktor Orbán, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu among other leaders he called “bad players.”
- Opening with a greeting in Spanish, he drew cheers and phones in the air, with Mexican foreign secretary Alicia Bárcena present onstage.