LONDON: A number of crew members on Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis” have alleged that the veteran filmmaker tried to “kiss a few of the topless feminine extras” and make the crew anticipate “hours and hours” with out filming something.
The allegations, reported by Guardian, come days earlier than the movie, fronted by Adam Driver, has its world premiere on the ongoing Cannes Movie Pageant.A number of sources instructed the publication that Coppola (85), greatest identified for “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now”, was “old-fashioned” in his behaviour towards girls.
“He allegedly pulled girls to take a seat on his lap, for instance. And through one bacchanalian nightclub scene being shot for the movie, witnesses say, Coppola got here on to the set and tried to kiss a few of the topless and scantily clad feminine extras. He apparently claimed he was ‘making an attempt to get them within the temper’,” the report learn.
These allegations had been countered by Darren Demetre, an govt co-producer on “Megalopolis”, which is Coppola’s self-financed ardour undertaking. He instructed the UK-based publication the filmmaker, 84, gave “hugs and kisses” to the forged and background gamers however nobody ever complained.
Crew members instructed Guardian that Coppola would spend a number of hours away from the movie set. “He would usually simply sit in his trailer for hours on finish, would not discuss to anyone, was usually smoking marijuana,” one member mentioned. One other mentioned, “This sounds loopy to say, however there have been instances once we all thought: ‘Has this man ever made a film earlier than?'” On claims of mismanagement, Demetre – who has labored with the filmmaker for 35 years – mentioned Coppola “efficiently” mounted a big-budget impartial movie like “Megalopolis”. Coppola himself has not commented on the claims.PTI
The allegations, reported by Guardian, come days earlier than the movie, fronted by Adam Driver, has its world premiere on the ongoing Cannes Movie Pageant.A number of sources instructed the publication that Coppola (85), greatest identified for “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now”, was “old-fashioned” in his behaviour towards girls.
“He allegedly pulled girls to take a seat on his lap, for instance. And through one bacchanalian nightclub scene being shot for the movie, witnesses say, Coppola got here on to the set and tried to kiss a few of the topless and scantily clad feminine extras. He apparently claimed he was ‘making an attempt to get them within the temper’,” the report learn.
These allegations had been countered by Darren Demetre, an govt co-producer on “Megalopolis”, which is Coppola’s self-financed ardour undertaking. He instructed the UK-based publication the filmmaker, 84, gave “hugs and kisses” to the forged and background gamers however nobody ever complained.
Crew members instructed Guardian that Coppola would spend a number of hours away from the movie set. “He would usually simply sit in his trailer for hours on finish, would not discuss to anyone, was usually smoking marijuana,” one member mentioned. One other mentioned, “This sounds loopy to say, however there have been instances once we all thought: ‘Has this man ever made a film earlier than?'” On claims of mismanagement, Demetre – who has labored with the filmmaker for 35 years – mentioned Coppola “efficiently” mounted a big-budget impartial movie like “Megalopolis”. Coppola himself has not commented on the claims.PTI
