Daniel Craig and Richard Gere spent some quality time together getting some sun in the Caribbean on a yacht.

While he’s on vacation, Craig’s new movie Defiance, which will be released January 16, has stirred up controversy. Defiance is about three Jewish brothers escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and others in danger.

Controversy can increase ticket sales.

Richard Gere may be getting up there in years, but he is still fond of his derriere.

24/Sizzler received this news release from Extra, in which the director of Richard Gere’s upcoming film The Hunting Party, Richard Shepard, tells Extra the actor didn’t require a butt double. Great headline:

(New York – August 22, 2007) – “Extra” spoke to Richard Shepard, the director of Richard Gere’s film, “The Hunting Party.” Gere didn’t use a butt double, but Shepard says, “We had a butt double standing by.” About convincing Gere to drop his drawers, Shepard adds, “It didn’t take a lot!” As for shooting the scene, Shepard comments, “We did it at the airport…we had the runway shut down… as planes were circling, the butt came out.”

Much like the Pied Piper, as soon as Gere dropped his drawers, gerbils everywhere came running to the place they call home.