Last Tango in Paris - Disturbing and nonconsensual Movies Scenes, Love Scenes, Last Tango in Paris

Movies Scenes, Love Scenes, Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris - Disturbing and nonconsensual

Most movie love scenes feature actors awkwardly playing pretend, but in 1972's Last Tango in Paris, what audiences witnessed was more of a filmed assault. This sex-laden drama boasts an infamous scene where Marlon Brando's character uses a stick of butter as lubricant before having his way with Maria Schneider's character. As you might've guessed, Schneider didn't sign up for this. Sure, the scene was in the script, but the addition of butter was a last-minute idea suggested by Brando to director Bernardo Bertolucci, who thought it was a nice touch to add to the character's degradation. In 2007, Schneider said that filming the scene made her feel "humiliated" and "a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci."