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IMDB trivia page on Cat People (1982) - "I always fuck my directors."


Director Paul Schrader and lead actress Nastassja Kinski had an affair during the production of this movie. Schrader fell in love and planned to propose marriage to Kinski at the wrap party, but she didn't show up and cut off all communication with him. After three months Schrader finally tracked Kinski down in Paris, where she bluntly told him, "Paul, I always fuck my directors. And with you it was difficult".

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083722/trivia/

First thing my mind went to is the fact she starred in Tess (1979) when she was 18 directed by a mister Roman Polanski.

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She's an actress. You think they're getting roles because of talent?

Ever seen a movie starring a fat ugly woman?

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Her father was the big-name actor Klaus Kinski, you'd think she'd have been able to get roles through Nepotism!

Seriously, what kind of father lets his teenage daughter make a Polanski film?

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First thing my mind went to is the fact she starred in Tess (1979) when she was 18 directed by a mister Roman Polanski.

If she was 18 I'm not seeing the problem.

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She was 18 when it was released. I'm not sure when it was filmed...she would likely have been 17.

According to Wiki she met Polanski when she was 15.

Kinski met the director Roman Polanski at a party in 1976.[15] He urged her to study method acting with Lee Strasberg in the United States and she was offered the title role in Polanski's upcoming film, Tess (1979). In 1978, Kinski underwent extensive preparation for the portrayal of an English peasant girl, which included acquiring a Dorset accent through elocution studies.


Her wiki also has the following;
In 1976, when Kinski was aged 15, it was speculated that there had been a romantic relationship with director Roman Polanski, who at the time was 43.[22][23][24][25]

Polanski confirmed the relationship in a 1994 interview with Diane Sawyer: "...what about Nastassja Kinski? She was young and we had a love affair."[26]

However, in a 1999 interview in The Guardian, Kinski was quoted as saying that there was no affair and that, "There was a flirtation. There could have been a seduction, but there was not. He had respect for me."[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nastassja_Kinski

So Polanski says they had an affair and she says they didn't.

In any case sleeping with Polanski is barf inducing given his history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski_sexual_abuse_case

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having difficulty trying to imagine that guy getting it on with a young Sophia Loren looking goddess but there you go.. Hollywood I guess

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Things came to a head for Schrader in Hollywood with Cat People (1982), the erotic horror film he directed starring Nastassja Kinski. Schrader was consuming a gram of cocaine a day. Everyone on the set was doing drugs aside from Kinski. Again as Schrader told Biskind: “One day, I had been doing some coke in my trailer, I didn’t want to come out. My AD [assistant director] came in to get me. He started doing drugs. The second AD came in to try and get us both out. Then the three of us were there doing coke… Somebody said, ‘How are we gonna get anybody to direct this movie?’”

Schrader also had an on-set affair with Kinski, which she broke off towards the end of the film, leaving Schrader embittered and obsessed. According to the writer-director John Milius, Schrader pursued Kinski to Paris, where he found her with a young stud. Milius told Biskind that Kinski explained: “Paul, I always fuck my directors. And with you it was difficult.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/13/paul-schrader-ive-been-involved-in-important-films-dog-eat-dog-interview

Or, a drug addled Paul Schrader obsessively pursued her and that's what she said to make him go away?

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Sounds like she was telling him to put her in another movie.

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At least she admitted it and hasn't come out with countless #MeToo stories LOL. 😂😂😂😂 At least I don't think she has. I could be wrong but I don't remember hearing anything. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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Suddenly I want to be a director! 😂

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Sounds like a generous actress!

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