Actress Jane Fonda, known for her feminist commitment, returned to the problematic remarks of the director with whom she had filmed, René Clément.
This Tuesday, May 16, actress Jane Fonda, guest on the set of the American show Watch What Happens Live, looked back on her career. Answering the question “Name a man in Hollywood who flirted with you and you rejected”. Without hesitation, the actress mentioned the name of René Clément, French director with whom she shot the film Felinesin 1964, alongside Alain Delon. Faced with Andy Cohen who asked her for details on the nature of the director’s proposal, the actress answered bluntly : “Well, [René Clément] wanted to sleep with me because the character I was playing had to have an orgasm in the movie and he needed to see what I was like [les miens]. He said it in French and I pretended not to understand”.
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While her response drew laughter from the show’s presenter and a few onlookers, his statements refer to the sexual harassment of which actresses are still victims on film sets. As the Cannes Film Festival continues, a collective of actresses and actors, including Julie Gayet and Laure Calamypublished this Tuesday, May 16 a column on the site of Release. The actresses criticized the Cannes festival which is taking place “the red carpet to the men and women who attack”in reference to Johnny Depp and director Maïwenn. “We all too often experience sexual assault, bullying and racism within our workplaces.”recalled the actresses.
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This forum also follows that published by Adèle Haenel, in the form of a letter, in the magazine Télérama of May 10. The actress, who had accused Christophe Ruggia of having abused her between the ages of 12 and 15, formalized her departure from film sets through this letter, in which she castigated the passivity of the world of cinema facing the aggressors:But they and all of them together during this time join hands to save the face of the Depardieus, the Polanskis, the Boutonnats. It bothers them, it bothers them that the victims make too much noise, they would prefer that we continue to disappear and die in silence. They will do anything to defend their rapist bosses, those who are so rich that they believe themselves to be a superior species, those who spectacularize this superiority by wallowing in pig noises, objectifying women and subordinates“she wrote.