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In the interview, Bertolucci recounts the origin of the rape scene between Brando, who was 48 at the time, and Schneider, who was 19.



"We were having, with Marlon [Brando], breakfast on the floor of the flat where I was shooting," he said. "There was a baguette, there was butter and we looked at each other and, without saying anything, we knew what we wanted."



He added, "I had been, in a way, horrible to Maria because I didn't tell her what was going on."



The director confessed that he feels guilty for not telling her about the butter, but he does not regret his decision to shoot the scene.



"I didn't want Maria to act her humiliation, her rage," he said. "I wanted Maria to feel, not to act, the rage and humiliation. Then she hated me for her whole life."



Before her death, Schneider had spoken out about the scene, including in an interview with the Daily Mail in which she said, "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 apologize. Thankfully, there was just one take."