Quentin Tarantino has apologised to Roman Polanski’s rape victim after an interview resurfaced in which the Pulp Fiction director described Samantha Geimer, who was 13 at the time, as a “party girl” who wanted to have sex.

He made the comments in a 2003 interview with Howard Stern.

The word words added to pressure on Tarantino amid intense scrutiny of his close relationship with Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced film producer.

Facing a backlash, he told Indie Wire he had contacted Ms Geimer to offer a personal apology and said he was wrong to speculate on the crime.

“Fifteen years later, I realise how wrong I was. Ms Geimer WAS raped by Roman Polanski. When Howard brought up Polanski, I incorrectly played devil’s advocate in the debate for the sake of being provocative,” he said in a statement.