Richard Gere accosted by female fans in his hotel

London: Richard Gere was mobbed by a group of trespassing women who had travelled to his hotel from Monaco just to catch a glimpse of the Hollywood star.Gere has been inundated by fans desperate to catch a glimpse of him since he renovated and started running a luxury hotel with his wife Carey Lowell earlier this year.

On one occasion, Richard was forced to confront a team of women who were side-stepping along a high stone wall near the Bedford Post Inn, New York in a bid to be close to him. "They just kept walking toward me, waving and saying, `We`ve come on zee bus. We are from Monaco. Hello, Richard!` They had gone past six `Do Not Enter` signs," Gere told W magazine. "They were the ladies` garden tour from Monaco and they wanted pictures. I said, `Get down from there!` We`re trying to invent something else... I`ll be doing the room service," he added. However, the couple are unsure how much longer they will work on the eight-bedroom guest house, despite making it an instant success. Lowell said: "We do still sometimes have those conversations where we say, `Can we sell it now and move on? Is it over yet?`" IANS