![]() What is not in doubt is that a 19-year-old was blindsided by a bunch of older men who, according to Bertolucci, “wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress”. Although the rape scene was simulated, stories differ as to what Schneider was told in advance of the shoot. It’s important to note that Schneider, who died in 2011, told the Daily Mail in an interview way back in 2007 that she “felt humiliated and, to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci”. Last Tango in Paris director suggests Maria Schneider 'butter rape' scene not consensual Over the last several days a video surfaced (thank you, Elle) from a 2013 interview with the Academy-Award-winning Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, in which he talks about how he and Marlon Brando conspired to film a rape scene involving butter with the actress Maria Schneider on the set of the Last Tango in Paris, a film that was nominated for two Academy Awards and many other accolades. The film industry, as well as other progressives in American society, are still reeling over the election of a man who admits to having sexually assaulted women, knowingly using his celebrity to exploit them. I felt humiliated and, to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and Bertolucci.These are not easy days to be a feminist in America. "During the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn't real, I was crying real tears. But at the time, I didn't know that," Schneider had said. I should have called my agent or had my lawyer come to the set because you can't force someone to do something that isn't in the script. "They only told me about it before we had to film the scene, and I was so angry. In a 2007, in an interview with the Daily Mail she had said that she "felt a little raped" by her co-star and director. However, she said that she was shocked and had strongly objected to the way things turned out. Schneider, who died in 2011 at age 58, had said that no intercourse took place during filming of the rape scene. "That's not the human being was," Miko said, according to TMZ. Meanwhile, Brando's son Miko has come in defence of his father and said that the actor would have never planned a rape scene to sexually violate his co-star. The only novelty was the idea of the butter." "Maria knew everything because she had read the script, where it was all described. Somebody thought, and thinks, that Maria had not been informed about the violence on her. ![]() ![]() "We wanted her spontaneous reaction to that improper use. ![]() I specified, but perhaps was not clear, that I decided with Marlon Brando not to inform Maria that we would butter," Bertolucci said in a statement issued on Monday. ![]() Several years ago, at the Cinematheque Francaise, someone asked me for details on the famous butter scene. "I would like for the last time to clear up a ridiculous misunderstanding that continues to generate press reports about 'Last Tango in Paris' around the world. He added that the butter was used as he wanted Schneider – who was 19 years old during filming – to react "as a girl and not an actress" and she should feel "the rage and humiliation".īertolucci maintained that besides the use of butter for the rape scene, Schneider had been informed that the rape scene would be violent in nature. In the interview, Bertolucci had said that the decision to use the stick of butter for the rape scene was conceptualised on the day of the shoot. Ric Flair talks about the fight that could 'knock you off your chair' at WrestleMania 33 ![]()
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