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

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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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.

[–] cousinorson (6) a year ago

This story was lifted from the book "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" by Peter Biskind. Unfortunately, it butchers the source material. Unless I'm misreading this, Schrader did propose and she turned him down. It ended while they were still shooting the movie so she definitely did not "ghost" him. Also, there's some additional post-production drama.

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[–] cousinorson (6) a year ago

Note that the flying to Paris and getting burned within an inch of his life anectode comes from John Milius, not Schrader himself. Paul tells a rather different (but still funny) story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaAdQgFNvXc

[–] [deleted] a year ago

So? Wouldn't you fuck an 18 year old Nastassja Kinski?

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