The year was 1990 and a modern-day Cinderella story dominated at the box office.

Gere played the reporter sent to cover this woman who just couldn’t seem to take the plunge.

Of course, Gere and Roberts' characters fell in love with their chemistry shining through.

Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in The Runaway Bride

In fact, it was Roberts who managed to convince Gere into making movie history with their first film.

“I just said, ‘You have to do this movie.’

I kind of pleaded with him in a very real way.”

Julia Roberts smiling

“Julia met Alejandra with Danny on one of their trips to NYC.

Everyone got along swimmingly,” according to the source.

But will Roberts and Gere ever take their friendship andmake more movies together, thrilling waiting fans everywhere?

Richard Gere smiling

“Lightning doesn’t always strike more than once,” a source explained to Closer.

“But if the right opportunity presented itself, they’d do it.

It would be amazing to pair them up after all these years.”