The film industry has been rocked by the shocking admission from director Bernardo Bertolucci that one of the most controversial rape scenes in modern film history was shot without prior consent from the actress involved.

The revelation has sparked outrage among many Hollywood stars, including Jessica Chastain, Anna Kendrick and Chris Evans.

In a video interview filmed in 2013 but only recently posted online, Bertolucci confessed he did not consult Maria Schneider about some elements of the infamous rape scene in Last Tango in Paris so as to make her reaction appear more authentic.

Bertolucci revealed how he and Marlon Brando conspired to shoot an assault by Brando’s character in the 1972 film using a stick of butter as lubricant to rape his lover played by the late actress – a detail that had not been in the script.

He admits that he failed to inform Schneider of the plan because he “wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress”.

At the time of shooting, Brando was 48 years old and Schneider was just 19.

As news of Bertolucci’s confession circulated online, Hollywood stars took to Twitter to express their disgust.

Chris Evans tweeted: “Wow.

I will never look at this film, Bertolucci or Brando the same way again.

This is beyond disgusting.

I feel rage.” Meanwhile, the award-winning screenwriter and director Ava DuVernay said: “Inexcusable.

As a director, I can barely fathom this.

As a woman, I am horrified, disgusted and enraged by it.” And Jessica Chastain tweeted: “To all the people that love this film – you’re watching a 19yr old get raped by a 48yr old man.

The director planned her attack.

I feel sick.”

Some people have complained that Bertolucci is only facing criticism now he has admitted the scene was non-consensual rather than when Schneider made the claims herself during an interview nearly 10 years ago.

Anna Kendrick, who starred in The Twilight Saga, tweeted: “Ms Schneider stated this several years ago.

I used to get eye-rolls when I brought it up to people (aka dudes).”

Schneider told the Daily Mail in 2007 that no s**ual intercourse took place on the film set – but said she was kept in the dark about aspects of the scene which had a profound effect on her.

Speaking at the time, she said: “They only told me about it before we had to film the scene and I was so angry.

I should have called my agent or had my lawyer come to the set because you can’t force someone to do something that isn’t in the script but at the time, I didn’t know that.” She added: “During the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn’t real, I was crying real tears.

I felt humiliated and, to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and Bertoucci.”

Last Tango in Paris tells the story of a man who enters into an anonymous affair after his wife takes her own life.

It shocked audiences on its release in the early 1970s due to its graphic depictions of s** and rape, and remains controversial today.

Long after the film was made, many still speculated that the s** scenes were real, but Schneider later confirmed this was not the case.

For years after the film, and in part due to the scandal surrounding it, Schneider struggled with drug addiction and depression before her death.

When asked about Schneider in the 2013 interview, Bertolucci said he felt guilty but did not regret his decision on how to shoot the scene.

Speaking at an event at La Cinémathèque Francaise in Paris, he said: “After the movie we really didn’t see each other because she was hating me.

In the sequence of the butter it was an idea I had with Marlon in the morning before shooting it but I had been in a way horrible to Maria because I didn’t tell her what was going on because I wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress.” He added: “I feel guilty but I do not regret.

To make movies sometimes to obtain something we have to be completely free.

I didn’t want Maria to act her humiliation, her rage, I wanted Maria to feel, not to act.