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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Benjamin Lee

Video emerges of Francis Ford Coppola kissing female extras on set

Francis Ford Coppola at the 2024 Cannes film festival.
Francis Ford Coppola at the 2024 Cannes film festival. Photograph: Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP

Videos have emerged of director Francis Ford Coppola trying to kiss female extras on the set of his new film Megalopolis.

Variety obtained footage of the film-maker taken by a crew member during a nightclub scene on set last year. The Guardian had originally reported that the 85-year-old was seen as “old school” in his behaviour around women while shooting, pulling women to sit on his lap and kissing extras to get “them in the mood”.

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