French actress Léa Seydoux has opened up about the ‘insane’ filming process for the controversial erotic film Blue Is The Warmest Color, which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

In a new profile with The Hollywood Reporter, the 36-year-old actress discussed the experience of filming a seven-minute lesbian s– scene that took 10 days and 100 takes to perfect.

Even with an intimacy coordinator present, Seydoux explained that the production could not have been made more comfortable as director Abdellatif Kechiche was “just nuts.”

Despite breaking precedent by awarding the Palme d’Or to Seydoux, her co-star Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Kechiche, the film was met with controversy upon its release.

Several critics accused the film of objectifying and overly sexualizing its stars, while crew members accused Kechiche of harassing behavior and labor violations on set.

Both lead actresses said they would not work with the director again.

In the profile, Seydoux appeared to balance her distaste for the filming process with how the film’s acclaim elevated her career.

“It took a year of my life, and I gave everything for that film. It really changed my life on many different levels,” she said.

However, Seydoux seemed unimpressed with the idea of an intimacy coordinator, as Kechiche’s intense methods would have thwarted them.

“No. Not really. It was beyond. It was the whole film, not only the s– scenes,” she said.

“The way we shot this film was just insane. The guy is just nuts.”

Seydoux previously stated that Kechiche would demand as many as 100 takes for a single scene, far more than the norm.

While Seydoux had previously said it had been her “dream” to work with the director, she also lambasted him in other interviews, leading him to threaten to sue her for allegedly “slanderous” statements.

In a 2013 interview with The Independent, Seydoux said that filming Blue Is The Warmest Color was “humiliating sometimes” because the extremely sexual scenes made her feel like a “prostitute” at times.

Kechiche responded to Seydoux’s comments by questioning her sincerity.

“If Seydoux lived such a bad experience, why did she come to Cannes, try on robes and jewelry all day? Is she an actress or an artist of the red carpet?” he said.

Despite her negative experiences filming the movie, Seydoux still has fond memories of what came after.

“My greatest experience was Blue Is The Warmest Color,” she said of her best moment at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film’s portrayal of lesbian relationships and s– has long been a topic of debate, with some critics praising its realistic and authentic depiction, while others criticized the male gaze of the male director.

Seydoux and Exarchopoulos were both hailed for their performances, but Seydoux stated that the production’s intensity made it difficult for her to “show my feelings than my body.”

The film’s success at Cannes elevated Seydoux’s career to new heights, with her being cast as a Bond girl in Spectre and as one of the leads in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch.

Despite the controversy surrounding the film, Seydoux said that she saw the joint Palme d’Or for the actresses as a sign that they were fellow auteurs with Kechiche.