In the 2011 film The Double, Richard Gere plays Paul Shepherdson. The thriller follows a retired CIA operative who is brought back into an investigation involving a suspected Soviet assassin.
The film was directed by Michael Brandt and is based on a screenplay by Brandt and Derek Haas. Its title is sometimes associated with “Pandora’s box” in trivia collections because the film’s story centers on hidden identities, secrets, and the release of a dangerous past, but it is not an adaptation of the Greek myth.
Paul Shepherdson is distinct from the film’s younger FBI character, Ben Geary, played by Topher Grace. Identifying the character’s first name requires separating the two investigators rather than relying on the actor’s name or the movie title.