Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere were the power couple of the early '90s.The pair enjoyed a whirlwind romance, tying the knot in Las Vegas before divorcing four years later.After their split, they have largely avoided each other, with the supermodel, 60, since confessing that the Pretty Woman actor, 76, was 'like a stranger' to herThat was until their children Kaia Gerber, 24, and Homer Gere, 26, became co-stars in Ryan Murphy's upcoming mini-series The Shards.A source told Globe: 'They're dropping their defenses and playing nice and they're doing it for the kids.'The exes have mostly stayed quiet about their past, as Cindy stated in her memoir Becoming that 'It's not something I want to share… I wanted to be respectful'. Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere were the power couple of the early '90s and since their divorce they have largely avoided each other (pictured in 1991) That was until their children Kaia Gerber, 24, and Homer Gere, 26, became co-stars in Ryan Murphy's upcoming miniseries The Shards(pictured Kaia and Homer)Cindy was only 22 when she started dating Richard in the late '80s.The pair met at a barbecue hosted by photographer Herb Ritts and immediately hit it off. Cindy, who launched her full-time modelling career in New York in 1986, was reportedly starstruck by Richard, who was 39 at the time.By then, he had already starred in many of his beloved movies, including Breathless, The Cotton Club, American Gigolo and An Officer and a Gentleman.In the Apple TV documentary The Super Models, she opened up about the beginning of their relationship.'In the beginning of a relationship, when you're a young woman, you're like, 'You like baseball? I like baseball. Oh, you're really into Tibetan Buddhism? I might be into that. I'll try that,'' she said.The pair then made headlines with their dazzling red carpet appearances, most notably the 1991 Academy Awards, where Cindy wowed in a plunging red Versace gown. In December that year, they surprised the world by tying the knot in Las Vegas. They marked the occasion by exchanging aluminium foil rings at the altar. 'Richard and I had been dating for several years, and at one point, I was like, 'Are we doing this or what?' Cindy recalled in 2015 on the promo trail for her book Becoming.'And he said, "Let's go to Vegas tonight."'Despite the spontaneity, Cindy was open about how the wedding was not what she had 'dreamed of'.'It was so last minute I wore this Armani suit. It was a nice Armani suit, but I didn't dream of getting married in a navy blue suit,' she recalled. 'And the ring was made out of tinfoil because it was so last minute. But I did have Herb Ritts as my bridesmaid - and taking the pictures!' Cindy was only 22 when she started dating Richard in the late '80s Cindy went to find love with businessman Rande Gerber, with whom she shares two children: Kaia and Presley, 27 Meanwhile, Richard remarried twice and is now father to three boys, including two young sons with Alejandra SilvaTheir four-year marriage came to an end in 1995 when Cindy, who was 29 at the time, split with Richard, who turned 46 that year.Speaking of their split over the years, Cindy attributed their breakup to two reasons: their 17-year age gap, and their busy schedules.'We didn't spend enough time together,' she said, per People. 'And we're equally responsible for that.'[When you're a young woman] you're willing to kind of mold yourself around whoever you are in love with.'According to Cindy, it was also the power imbalance in their marriage that created a wedge between the couple.Speaking on the WTF podcast in 2016, she said, 'I think part of the problem in our relationship was that we were a lot of other things, but I don't know if we were ever friends-- like peers, because I was young, and he was Richard Gere.'She also explained on Oprah's Masterclass in 2013 that another reason for their divorce was her evolving mindset as she approached her 30s.The supermodel: 'I just think your 20s for women is such a time when you're starting to come into your own and feel your own power and connect to your inner strength, and it's hard to do that — it's hard to change-- in a relationship, because what one person might have signed up for, all of a sudden, you're not that anymore.'I think I was more willing at 22 to be, like, 'OK, I'll follow', but then you start going, 'Well, I don't want to just follow-- I want to lead sometimes, and I want to walk side-by-side sometimes.'Cindy explained that she took away some important lessons on how to deal with fame from her first marriage.'When I would see how he was with fans when they approached him, a lot of the times it wouldn't be a good moment to sign an autograph, shake a hand, or sign a picture,' she said.'I got to look to him to see how he created boundaries for himself that felt good. Richard's a super smart guy, and he's interesting, and he's interested, and I learned a lot about the world. It was a great chapter in my life.'Cindy went on to find love with business leader Rande Gerber, with whom she shares two children: Kaia and Presley, 27.Meanwhile, Richard remarried twice and is now father to three boys, including two young sons with Alejandra Silva.Now, three decades after their divorce, Cindy and Richard's children have united for the upcoming series The Shards.At the world premiere in New York earlier this week, Homer looked back on how he and Kaia broke the ice when first meeting up as a cast.'It's really funny, the odds are funny,' Homer told USA Today.'We had never met, actually, before shooting.'We met two weeks before at a bar, with all the cast and it was our first kind of like, let's meet each other, and she was lovely,' he explained. 'Immediately, I think me or her were like, should we address the elephant in the room?'He added that Kaia is 'a lovely actress' and that they 'gotten really close'. Now, three decades after their divorce, Cindy and Richard's children have united for the upcoming series The ShardsThe Shards, based on the best-selling novel by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis, is an incredibly violent and sexually charged story about a serial killer who stalks a group of privileged high schoolers in 1980s Los Angeles.The novel is a fictionalised version of Bret's adolescence and many of the characters are based on real life people.According to the show's official logline, 'Igby Rigney stars as Bret, an aspiring writer and keenly observant teenager whose reality begins to unravel with the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic new student, Robert Mallory (played by Homer).'Transferring in just before his senior year, Robert's appearance coincides with the growing terror of The Trawler, a serial killer targeting teenagers across the city,' it continues.'Alongside Bret is his elite social circle, which includes Susan Reynolds (played by Kaia), Debbie Schaffer (Hayes Warner) and Thom Wright (Graham Campbell), a glamorous and deeply entangled group drawn into a life of wealth, beauty, parties and excess.'The promise of their youth is contrasted with the dark and cynical world of the adults surrounding them: Terry Schaffer (Wes Bentley), Liz Schaffer (Evan Rachel Wood) and Steven Reinhardt (Jordan Roth).'The Shards TV series was originally being developed by Oscar-winner Luca Guadagnino for HBO, but the project fell through before being revived by Murphy and FX.With all the buzz around the series, it's likely that the racy series will further catapult Kaia and Homer to Hollywood stardom.Kaia is already a big name in the modelling world, with the brunette beauty winning Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards back in 2018.She's also graced the cover of Vogue magazine multiple times. As an actress, Kaia is best known for her recurring role in Palm Royale and the Anne Hathaway film Mother Mary.