Primal Fear - Richard Gere scenes with the Mercedes-Benz 300CE Coupe C123 Primal Fear is a 1996 American legal thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, based on William Diehl's 1993 novel of the same name. It stars Richard Gere as a Chicago defense attorney who believes that his altar boy client is not guilty of murdering an influential Catholic archbishop. Primal Fear was a box office success despite mixed reviews, though Norton's performance received universal acclaim. He was nominated for an

🎬 Interesting fact: In Primal Fear (1996), Edward Norton made his film debut and surprised everyone by playing a split-personality character. Behind the scenes, he studied real-life cases of dissociative identity disorder and worked closely with director Gregory Hoblit to make his performance convincing. His transformation in the courtroom scenes was so powerful that it helped launch his career and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. | Clips

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