Jane Fonda was in Cannes this week to present the Palme d’Or to Justine Triet for her acclaimed film “Anatomy of a Fall.” And he or she used her time on the Croisette to share her unfiltered ideas on among the trade’s most influential figures. Showing on the pageant on Friday, Fonda made no makes an attempt to cover her emotions in regards to the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and Robert Redford (through Deadline).
“He was an excellent filmmaker,” Fonda stated of Godard. “I take my hat off. An incredible filmmaker. However as a person? I’m sorry. No, no.”
The Oscar winner didn’t elaborate on her points with the “Breathless” director, however she bought extra particular when it got here to her ideas on Redford. Fonda recalled working with Redford on 4 movies starting with 1967’s “Barefoot within the Park.” She stated that she “was in love” with the famously good-looking actor when she first met him, however got here to comprehend that he “simply has a problem with girls.” By the point they labored collectively on the 2017 movie “Our Souls at Night time,” Fonda stated she had realized the best way to take care of him.
“He’s at all times in a foul temper, and I at all times thought it was my fault,” she stated of working with Redford. “The final film I made with him was six years in the past. What was I, about 80 years previous or one thing like that. And I lastly knew I had grown up. When he would come on the set three hours late in a foul temper, I knew it wasn’t my fault.”
Fonda’s feedback about Godard aren’t the primary time the actress has aired her grievances with lifeless French filmmakers. She just lately recalled being inappropriately propositioned by René Clément throughout the manufacturing of the 1964 movie “Pleasure Home.” Fonda claims that the director tried to sleep together with her beneath the guise of performing preparation, however she was capable of decline by pretending to not converse French.
“Nicely, he needed to go to mattress with me as a result of he stated the character needed to have an orgasm within the film and he wanted to see what my orgasms have been like,” she stated. “He stated it in French and I pretended I didn’t perceive.”
