Mr Bertolucci gave the now viral interview at an event held at La Cinematheque Francaise in Paris in 2013. The director said that he and Mr Brando came up with the idea in the morning before the shoot and because he wanted to capture Ms Schneider's reaction "as a girl and not as an actress," they hid the truth from her. "The sequence of the butter is an idea that I had with Marlon in the morning before shooting. I think she hated me and also Marlon because we didn't tell her. I wanted her to react humiliated. To obtain something I think you have to be completely free. I didn't want Maria to act her humiliation, her rage, I wanted her to feel the rage and humiliation. Then she hated me for all of her life."
Twitter is enraged:
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
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) December 3, 2016
Jessica's tweet received support from actress Evan Rachel Wood, who recently revealed she had been raped twice:
I second that. This is heartbreaking and outrageous. The 2 of them are very sick individuals to think that was ok. https://t.co/Ft4SArjcgd
— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) December 3, 2016
Chris Evans said:
Wow. I will never look at this film, Bertolucci or Brando the same way again. This is beyond disgusting. I feel rage https://t.co/uvaLogvv7I
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) December 3, 2016
To this Anna Kendrick said:
@colliderfrosty @ChrisEvans Ms Schneider stated this several years ago. I used to get eye-rolls when I brought it up to people (aka dudes).
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) December 3, 2016
And he replied:
@AnnaKendrick47 @colliderfrosty had no idea. Woulda felt rage then too. They should be in jail.
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) December 3, 2016
Selma director Ava DuVernay said:
Inexcusable. As a director, I can barely fathom this. As a woman, I am horrified, disgusted and enraged by it. https://t.co/voGRhafy9K
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 4, 2016
Video: Here's Bernardo Bertolucci's interview
Maria Schneider told Daily Mail in an interview in 2007, "I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci."
"That scene wasn't in the original script. The truth is it was Marlon who came up with the idea. They only told me about it before we had to film the scene and I was so angry. 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. 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 told Daily Mail.
"I felt very sad because I was treated like a sex symbol - I wanted to be recognised as an actress and the whole scandal and aftermath of the film turned me a little crazy and I had a breakdown," she added talking about her struggle with drug addiction and depression after the attention the movie brought her.
Marlon Brando died in 2004 while Maria Schneider died in 2011.
