What’s Current: Bertolucci admits to planning non-consensual scene with Maria Schneider in ‘Last Tango in Paris’

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Italian director Bernando Bertolucci admits that he and Marlon Brando conspired to film the last scene in Last Tango In Paris without Maria Schneider’s consent. In 2007, Schneider said she felt “raped” by Brando during the scene:

“Marlon said to me: ‘Maria, don’t worry, it’s just a movie,’ but during the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn’t real, I was crying real tears.

I felt humiliated and to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci. After the scene, Marlon didn’t console me or apologize. Thankfully, there was just one take.”

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