Thankfully, there was just one take." Maria was 19 at the time this scene was shot. After the scene, Marlon didn't console me or apologise. "I felt humiliated and to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci. In an interview to Daily Mail in 2007, Maria went on the record saying that she felt "raped" by Marlon Brandon. I think she hated me and also Marlon because we didn't tell her that there was this detail of the butter used as lubricant, " he added. Because I wanted her reaction as a girl not as an actress. He further continued, "But I'd been - in a way - horrible to Maria because I didn't tell her what was going on. He even admitted that his method to bring out the natural emotions of a girl were wrong as he should've informed her. Bertolucci was quoted by, as he recalled the scene, "The sequence of the butter is an idea that I had with Marlon in the morning before shooting." Also Read - BL Recommends - From The Godfather to V For Vendetta here’s a list of 5 best Classics to watch on NetflixĪlso Read - Fans, family and friends bid adieu to Last Tango in Paris helmer Bernardo Bertolucci This scene soon rose to fame and was popularly known as the 'butter scene'. In the film, there is this particular scene where Paul (Brando) uses a stick of butter to penetrate inside Jeanne (Schneider). The story revolves around a widower who starts an anonymous relationship with an awfully young girl during his stay in Paris. Last Tango in Paris is a 1972 erotic drama that stars Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider in lead roles. Also Read - From Shah Rukh Khan to Meryl Streep: When Kangana Ranaut compared herself to other celebs leaving netizens in splits For the same, Maria even quoted that she felt raped by Marlon and Bertolucci. Hollywood is currently disgusted by this confession made by the director. The confession video, recently surfaced on and has ever since, raised many eyebrows. This post has been briefly updated with additional information.In a shocking video that has been doing the rounds, director of the Franco - Italian erotic drama, Bernardo Bertolucci admits that the rape scene of Maria Schneider was non consensual! In a session that took place in 2013, La CinÃmathèque française, in Paris, Bertolucci confessed that the famous 'butter scene' was done without the knowledge of the actress. Then she hated me for all of her life.” After shooting the film, Schneider detailed how she fell into a deep depression and refused to do nude scenes again. I didn’t want Maria to act her humiliation, her rage, I wanted her to Maria to feel … the rage and humiliation.
“I think she hated me and also Marlon because we didn’t tell her … to obtain something I think you have to be completely free. “I wanted her to react humiliated,” Bertolucci explained at La Cinémathèque Française. Schneider had previously said how the two men only told her about the scene mere moments before it was shot, and expressed regret over not calling an agent or lawyer, because she “didn’t know” that “you can’t force someone to do something that isn’t in the script.” While Bertulocci said he felt horrible “in a way” for his treatment of Schneider, he still didn’t “regret” the way he directed the scene, and justified the decision because he “wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress.” (At the time, Brando was 48, while Schneider was 19.) “The sequence of the butter is an idea that I had with Marlon in the morning before shooting,” Bertulocci said in a newly resurfaced video recorded at La Cinémathèque Française in Paris. Prior to her death, Schneider had spoken out about how she felt “humiliated” and “a little raped” while filming the scene - which wasn’t in the original script - despite acknowledging what Brando “was doing wasn’t real.” Now the film’s controversial director, Bernardo Bertolucci, is admitting that he and Brando indeed conspired together to film the scene without Schneider’s consent. One of the most infamous rape scenes in film history comes from the 1972 erotic-drama Last Tango in Paris, in which Marlon Brando’s character uses a stick of butter to anally rape another character played by Maria Schneider.