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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, but at the time, I didn’t know that. They only told me about it before we had to film the scene and I was so angry.
The truth is it was Marlon who came up with the idea.
“That scene wasn’t in the original script. In the 2007 interview, Schneider said that no sex of any kind took place during the scene. The belief circulated in part because of her statement that she felt “a little bit raped” by her director and co-star because they manipulated and coerced her into doing the scene, even though the use of butter was not in the original script. I wanted her to react and she felt humiliated… and I think that she hated me and also Marlon because we didn’t tell her that there was that detail of the butter used as a lubricant.”īertolucci’s comments resulted in many people saying online that they believed Brando really raped Schneider during the scene. “Because I wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress. “I’d been in a way horrible to Maria because I didn’t tell her what was going on,” Bertolucci said. The issue arose again after his death this week.Īlso Read: Taron Egerton's 'Robin Hood' 'Struts and Pouts' Through 'Dumb,' 'Goofy Train Wreck,' Critics Say New York Magazine said in a statement to TheWrap: “We take David at his word that he was not aware of Maria Schneider’s comments about the making of ‘Last Tango in Paris,’ but we’re reviewing the matter internally.”Įdelstein’s lack of awareness may seem surprising to those who remember the furor that erupted in December 2016 when Bertolucci’s remarks about the scene in a 2013 interview resurfaced. “I now realize the joke was in poor taste and have removed it, and apologize for the remark,” he wrote. We appreciate the apology David posted, but we have decided to end ‘Fresh Air’s association with him, and have informed David accordingly.”Įdelstein wrote that he “was not aware of” Schneider’s experience on the film. NPR said in a statement that the joke was “offensive and unacceptable, especially given actress Maria Schneider’s experience during the filming of ‘Last Tango in Paris.’ The post does not meet the standards that we expect from ‘Fresh Air’ contributors, or from journalists associated with WHYY or NPR. NPR has fired film critic David Edelstein because of a joke he made after Bernardo Bertolucci’s death that alluded to a much-discussed rape scene in the director’s film “Last Tango in Paris.”Įdelstein, a critic for NPR’s “Fresh Air,” wrote on Facebook, “Even grief is better with butter,” along with an image of a scene in the film in which Marlon Brando’s character rapes Maria Schneider’s character using butter as a lubricant.Įdelstein, who is also a critic for New York Magazine, apologized after the post Tuesday, saying he did not know of Schneider’s widely reported comments in 2007 that the scene left her feeling “a little bit raped.”Īlso Read: 'Last Tango in Paris' Director Calls Rape Outcry 'Ridiculous Misunderstanding'