Rita Moreno Discusses Being Mistreated by Marlon Brando: ‘I Tried to End My Life’

Ariana DeBose, who made her dream come true and needed to take a moment before meeting Hollywood legend Rita Moreno, her co-star in Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story.’The 31-year-old actress plays Anita in the 2021 film, the role that Rita played in the 1961 acclaimed musical. On a recent joint interview with the rest of the cast, the pair revealed some behind the scenes situations that took place on the set of the movie, including the moment the two stars met.DeBose said she couldn’t hide her excitement when she first met Rita as the cast was getting ready for rehearsals, “I was having a full-fledged panic attack,” DeBose confessed, “I hid underneath the bleachers for like 20 minutes until I could get myself together.”The actress had to pull herself together and prepared to meet Moreno for lunch, who gave her some sweet words of encouragement, “She calmed me down and gave me the space to feel my feelings.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIf there’s a word in American life that should probably be retired (or at least used a lot less often), it’s “rebel.” Back in the ’50s, when Marlon Brando was rebelling against “whatever ya got,” the rebel was a rare breed. But the rock revolution opened the door to a generation of rebels — the freak-flag-flying music stars, plus their armies of followers.

debut on the streaming service later this year — will be rated an NSFW NC-17. Rumors of the rating first circulated last summer.Director Andrew Dominik discussed the movie during a chat with Screen Daily and said, “It’s an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe.

caused a style standoff between millennials and Gen Z, denim was controversial.A new documentary, “Riveted: The History of Jeans” (out Monday, Feb. 7, on PBS), unfolds the untold story of America’s most iconic and ubiquitous garment.

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Marlon Brando remains one of the most acclaimed American actors of all time. Known for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire and The Godfather — both of which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, Marlon first rose to fame in the 1950s and continued to work until his death from pulmonary fibrosis in 2004. Marlon was 80-years-old when he died, and his impact on cinema is felt to this very day. But, Marlon’s legacy is complicated, due mainly to his troubled and turbulent personal life.

Rita Moreno is opening up about how her nearly eight-year relationship with Marlon Brando turned toxic. The 90-year-old "West Side Story" actress and the late actor reportedly met in 1954 on the set of "Désirée." She was 22 years old. "Ultimately, it was exciting to be with Marlon.

Rita Moreno had a complicated and often traumatic relationship with Marlon Brando, and now, she’s revealing even more intimate details from her time with the iconic actor. “Ultimately, it was exciting to be with Marlon. Oh, my God, it was exciting,” she shared during Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” series with actress Jessica Chastain. “He was extraordinary in many, many ways, but he was a bad guy. He was a bad guy when it came to women. I was such a different person then. I had all the makings of a doormat.”

Rita Moreno is opening up more about her relationship with Marlon Brando.

Rita Moreno has opened up about the abuse she received from Marlon Brando.

Paramount+ limited series about the making of the 1972 mob drama “The Godfather” is set to premiere on April 28.The dramatic teaser is full of 1970s nostalgia, wild fashions and glossy sets that take viewers back to the New Hollywood era. The streaming service describes the 10-episode show as Oscar-winning producer Albert S.

A fight between Frank Sinatra and Mario Puzo inspired the upcoming Paramount+ miniseries The Offer, about the making of film based on Puzo’s best selling novel. The 10-episode project premieres on April 28.

As anticipation builds for “The Offer“, Paramount+ shared the first teaser for the limited series, which chronicles the making of the acclaimed 1972 film “The Godfather” and captures a long gone era of Hollywood. The first footage for the real-life story gives viewers a closer look at Miles Teller as producer Albert S. Ruddy, who also serves as executive producer on the 10-part TV event, and Matthew Goode as notorious Paramount Studios chief Robert Evans.

, Paramount+ shared the first teaser for the limited series, which chronicles the making of the acclaimed 1972 film and captures a long gone era of Hollywood. The first footage for the real-life story gives viewers a closer look at Miles Teller as producer Albert S.

Cinephiles already know that Francis Ford Coppola‘s 1972 epic “The Godfather” is an essential New Hollywood film. The film launched Coppola and Al Pacino into superstardom and revitalized Marlon Brando‘s career.

Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) and Rita Moreno (“West Side Story”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.When Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) and Rita Moreno (“West Side Story”) meet to discuss their respective works, each has done her homework. Moreno has watched Chastain’s catalog, and praises “Tammy Faye” to the heavens — pun intended — while also complimenting her recent HBO series, “Scenes From a Marriage,” with Oscar Isaac.

The biggest stars in Hollywood are all together in one big new issue of British Vogue.

TV viewers now have a first look at one of the year’s most anticipated new projects, “The Offer”.