 She said in 2007 that she had cried "real tears" during the scene and had felt humiliated and "a little raped".In 2013 Bertolucci said that he had withheld the information from Schneider to generate a real "reaction of frustration and rage".Brando alleged that Bertolucci had wanted the characters to have real sex, but Brando and Schneider both said it was simulated.