American Gigolo the only role that Travolta has turned down only to be taken by Gere: it had previously happened with "Days of Heaven" (1978) and occurred again when Travolta was offered the lead in both "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) and "Chicago" (2002). Paul Schrader had threatened to sue Travolta if Richard Gere wasn't cast in the film knowing full well that Travolta had his eye on the script of another Paramount production "Urban Cowboy" (1980). Gere's very brief nude scenes marked the first time a major Hollywood actor was frontally nude in a film. According to Gere, the nudity
Just a Gigolo (1978 film) Roeg's film had played upon Bowie's earlier identification with science fiction and alienness, so "Just a Gigolo" fitted his then-current interest in pre-war Berlin, pricked by meeting Christopher Isherwood, whose "Goodbye to Berlin" had inspired the musical "Cabaret". The city had also been the recording location for Bowie's latest studio album, ""Heroes"" (1977). The singer has variously claimed that he took the role "as a favour to Hemmings", who at the time was also planning to produce a documentary of Bowie's 1978 concert tour, and because "Marlene Dietrich was dangled in front of me". Actually, the two stars never met.