Last Tango In Paris rape scene confession sparks Hollywood backlash

Hollywood has condemned the director of the Last Tango in Paris after he admitted a rape scene was filmed without consent.

In a recently surfaced interview, Bernardo Bertolucci said he conspired with actor Marlon Brando to film a graphic rape scene without Maria Schneider knowing about it until shortly before filming it.

During the 2013 interview he said he "wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress".

"I wanted her to react humiliated," he said.

"I didn't want Maria to act her humiliation her rage, I wanted her to Maria to feel the rage and humiliation.

"Then she hated me for all of her life."

Actors have voiced their disgust at the admission on Twitter.

The Martian star Jessica Chastain tweeted: "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."

Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood, who recently revealed she has been raped twice, wrote in a post: "This is heartbreaking and outrageous. The 2 of them are very sick individuals to think that was OK."

Captain America lead Chris Evans tweeted: "Wow. I will never look at this film, Bertolucci or Brando the same way again. This is beyond disgusting. I feel rage."

Last Tango in Paris was made in 1972 and tells the story of a man who enters into an anonymous affair after his wife takes her own life.

It shocked audiences when it was released because of its explicit sex scenes and is still considered controversial.

In an interview with the Daily Mail newspaper in 2007, Ms Schneider said she had felt "humiliated" and "a little raped".

She also said was told about the nature of the scene shortly before it was shot, but it was not in the original script.

"I was so angry," she said.

"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."

Ms Schneider struggled with drug addiction and depression following the movie and died from cancer in 2011, aged 58.

Mr Bertolucci did admit he felt guilty about how he treated Ms Schneider, who was 19 at the time, but does not regret the scene.