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It was the scene that captured an unflinching look at a young woman forced to endure the most violent of acts.
Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci has admitted he filmed the rape scene that used a stick of butter as lubricant without the consent of then 19-year-old actress Maria Schneider.
The confession comes in a recently resurfaced interview from 2013.
Bertolucci was said to have planned the scene with then 48-year-old Marlon Brando, who knowingly played the attacker in the film, over breakfast.
“We were having, with Marlon [Brando], breakfast on the floor of the flat where I was shooting,” he said.
“There was a baguette, there was butter and we looked at each other and, without saying anything, we knew what we wanted.”
The Italian Oscar-nominated director went on to share they concealed the true nature of the scene from Schneider so Bertolucci could capture her reaction “as a girl, not an actress.”
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I remember when this film was released and I decided it was not the kind of film I wanted to see. I am so happy I didn't see it because it would have been etched in my mind forever!! Disgusting and the Director and Brando should have been jailed/charged. That incident, no doubt, affected the actress Marie Schneider for the rest of her life. So egregious and disturbing.
It is disgusting that Schneider and Brando planned sexual assault. Both should have all awards, etc, withdrawn. They were no more than creepy rapists.