“She wanted to sleep with me because the character I was playing was supposed to have an orgasm in the movie”: Jane Fonda takes a spin on the famous French director’s name.

If indeed there is an American actress whose great career has largely been mixed with political commitment and militancy that has brought her much criticism, especially during the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda has also largely fought to defend women’s causes. , condemns harassment and sexual assault in Hollywood. At the age of 85, he remembers everything like the first day.

Guest in the show Watch what’s happening live Host Andy Cohen asks the two-time Oscar winner about the inappropriate behavior he’s faced throughout his career. In turn, without hesitation, his answer merges and sways the name of the French director.

I was interested in sleeping with me because the character I was playing had to orgasm in the movie and he wanted to see what it was like . He said it in French and I pretended not to understand.”

This is the 1964 film Les Félins, which Jane Fonda will make with Alain Delon. The actor was then 27 years old; Director 51. This is not the first time he mentions this particular incident.

in the interview CNN channel In 2017, he reported this case of sexual harassment “The first French film I did. I turned it down, but I got the part anyway. It’s been really good since then.”

From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, she testified to the severity of Hollywood’s restrictions on women in Sois belle et tais-toi, a beautiful and fascinating documentary directed by French actress Delphine Seyrig, released in March 1981. and was renewed in theaters last February.