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When 19-year old French actress Maria Schneider was cast to star alongside 48-year old Marlon Brando for Last Tango in Paris, the movie was always going to be a controversial one.
The rape scene within the film is still to this day regarded as one of the most confronting and realistic of all time.
In a recently resurfaced video with the film's director Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian admitted the controversial rape scene was done without Schneider's consent.
To all the people that love this film- you're watching a 19yr old get raped by a 48yr old man. The director planned her attack. I feel sick. https://t.co/qVDom2gYf6
Bertolucci, who is now 76, said in the 2013 interview he "didn't want Maria to act her humiliation and her rage, I wanted her to feel her rage and humiliation".
When asked if he regretted filming the scene the way he did, Bertolucci simply replied "no, but I do feel guilty".
Following the release of the 1972 movie, the young French actress struggled with addiction and overdoses and even attempted suicide.
In an interview with the Daily Mail back in 2006, Schneider tragically admitted to the manipulation.
"I was too young to know better. Marlon later said that he felt manipulated, and he was Marlon Brando, so you can imagine how I felt," she said.
In filming 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 apologise. Thankfully, there was just one take," she said.
