Jane Fonda has claimed that the late French director René Clément tried to put her to bed to see what her orgasms were like for a movie they were making together.
During a performance on Watch what’s happening liveFonda, 85, was asked by Cohen to “name one guy in Hollywood who tried to pick you up when you turned that down.”
Jane, 85, replied: “The French director René Clément.”
“Was it a sloppy pass?” asked Andy.
“Well, he wanted to sleep with me because he said the character had to have an orgasm in the movie and he had to see what my orgasms were like. He said it in French and I pretended not to understand,” she said.
‘He said the character should have an orgasm’: Jane Fonda has claimed that the late French director René Clément tried to put her to bed to see what her orgasms were like for a role
“I’ve got stories for you boy, we don’t have time,” she added.
According to Variety, the film the two worked on together was the 1964 thriller Joy House. At the time of shooting the film, Clément, who died in 1996, was 51 years old. Funda turned 27.
Fonda also revealed that she saw the late Michael Jackson naked during a skinny-dipping session in 1980.
Michael, then 22, visited the set of Fonda’s 1981 film On Golden Pond, in which she co-starred with her father Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn.
During the shoot, she had “a cottage right on the lake, and it was a beautiful moonlit night” – so Michael suggested she get into the water naked.
As for the physical details, Jane only revealed that Michael was “skinny,” and Andy, hoping to be “respectful,” didn’t force her to elaborate.
She joked that Michael came up with the idea of skinny dipping “because he knew he was going to die young and I’d talk about him being naked!”
Jane also claimed to have seen Greta Garbo in the buff, but found herself unable to expand on that story when Andy switched the subject for Michael.
Spilling the tea: “I’ve got stories for you boy, we don’t have time,” she added
Memories: Fonda also railed about seeing the late Michael Jackson stark naked during a skinny dipping session in 1980; the couple is pictured in 1983
Bringing it out: During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live this week, Jane, 85, gave Cohen the goods on the cheeky side of her friendship with Michael
Open book! Jane promotes her new sequel, Book Club: The Next Chapter, also starring Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen
Jane is promoting her new sequel, Book Club: The Next Chapter, also starring Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen.
The film’s premise: “Follows the new journey of four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had,” according to an official IMDB synopsis.
Other stars cast in the film include Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, and Craig T. Nelson.
The first film, Book Club (2018), followed the friends as they read the steamy novel Fifty Shades Of Gray and how their outlook on life and friendship changed. The project was a box office success, grossing a total of $104 million on a budget of $14 million.
During a recent interview on the Today show, the trio dropped by to discuss the sequel and also a main theme of the film: friendship.
With regard to maintaining a long-lasting friendship, Mary said, “I think part of the secret is making sure you cherish your friends and that you associate with your friends on purpose.”