
"I guess she's afraid because initially she thinks it's an affair. Susan Sarandon plays John's wife Beverly, who hires a private detective instead of just asking, according to Sarandon, because she fears her husband is being unfaithful. Do I really want to know the answer to the question?" "No matter how strong we are, there's always a little insecurity there about how is this going to be received. "Why doesn't my character tell his wife that he's doing this? I say 'why doesn't she ask him when she knows something is going on?' It's a peculiar thing about all of us," Gere notes. Richard Gere, who stars as John Clark, admits that is a problem. The trouble is, he does not tell his wife about this newfound passion. There's a snap to his step, he smiles more and has a new sense of joy. The more time he spends on the dance floor, the more John rediscovers a spirit he had lost.

The sign above the window reads "Miss Mitzi's School of Dance." Acting on impulse, he gets off the train, climbs the stairs and, before he knows it, John is enrolled in Miss Mitzi's ballroom class for beginners. Then one evening, while taking the commuter train home, he sees a beautiful woman gazing wistfully from the window of an office building. Alan Silverman has a look at Shall We Dance.Ĭhicago lawyer John Clark seems to have a perfect life: he's successful in business, has a loving family and a beautiful home but something is missing.

Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez co-star in an American version of a romantic hit from Japan.
