Jane Fonda Says a Director Asked to Sleep With Her to Test Her Orgasms for a Role

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, host asked the to name a man in Hollywood who “tried to pick you up once who you turned down.” Fonda, who appeared on the show to promote her new film quickly recalled an experience with Clément, who directed her in the 1964 thriller Joy House. “He wanted to go to bed with me because he said the character had to have an orgasm in the movie and he needed to see what my orgasms were like,” Fonda explained while seated next to her Book Club costars Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen.“Are you kidding me?” Cohen responded in shock.Fonda replied, “He said it in French and I pretended I didn’t understand.” According to , Jane Fonda was just 27 years old at the time of Joy House's production, while René Clément was a 51-year-old filmmaker with multiple Cannes Film Festival and BAFTA awards to his name.

Of course, Fonda would later go on to win multiple prestigious awards of her own, including two Academy Awards for best actress for Klute in 1971 and Coming Home in 1978.

Clément died in 1996 at 82 years old. Fonda added, “I have stories for you, kid. We don’t have time.” Following Jane Fonda's revelation, which is just the latest glimpse into the film industry's , Cohen asked the actor to name “the biggest misogynist in Hollywood.”“Oh my God,” Fonda replied. “I plead the fifth.”By Astro All-StarzBy Whitney Perry By Alice CaryBy Emily TannenbaumMore from GlamourSee More Stories© 2023 Condé Nast.

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