In an interview with The Sunday Times last week, Winona Ryder said that Francis Ford Coppola asked the actors to insult him during the shooting of Dracula to make her cry. She added that Keanu Reeves had refused, unlike Gary Oldman. False, retorts the director.
Francis Ford Coppola and Winona Ryder Agree He Didn't Direct Keanu Reeves to Verbally Abuse Her https://t.co/yGRpgp5zDA
- People (@people) June 25, 2020"In this situation, which I remember very well, I asked Gary Oldman - who played the role of Dracula - to whisper improvised words to her and to the other characters, making them as horrible and evil as possible . I don't know what was said, but improvisation is a common practice on a film set, "he replied in a press release issued by People .
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The actress also returned to her words, agreeing with the filmmaker. “Winona and Francis agree and (the director's version) is correct. He asked the actors, in their characters, to tell him horrible things, a technique to help him cry during a scene. If this technique did not work with her, she adores and respects (Francis Ford Coppola) and considers that having been able to work with him was a great privilege, ”one can read.
In the same interview, the Stranger Things star also accused Mel Gibson of having made anti-Semitic and homophobic words to her and a friend. Charges denied by the principal, but Winona Ryder has not changed her version of the facts.
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