Rita Moreno Talks Being ‘Mistreated’ By Marlon Brandon, ‘I Tried To End My Life’
etcanada.comRita Moreno has opened up about the abuse she received from Marlon Brando. Moreno joined Jessica Chastain for Variety‘s “Actors On Actors” series where she looked back at her almost eight year relationship with Brando.
They two first met on set of 1954’s “Désirée”. “I think you are every bit of the actor Marlon Brando was. That must have been so difficult for you in a time where you’re seeing all of these opportunities being given to him,” Chastain said to Moreno. “Ultimately, it was exciting to be with Marlon.
Oh, my God, it was exciting,” Moreno replied. “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.” READ MORE: Rita Moreno Celebrates Turning 90: ‘It Doesn’t Feel Any Different’ Moreno noted that the way Brando “mistreated” her caused her to try and end her life. “So whenever he lied, I would look at him and I’d say, ‘Marlon, look at me.’ And he’d start to grin this kind of — I don’t want to use the bad word — that poop-eating grin,” Moreno continued. “I could read him like a book and that’s why he loved me, and that’s why he mistreated me in so many ways.
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