This is a tough one to swallow.
In the movie for which he is most famous he had friends of one of his children come to the set with the child. All of the friends were probably no older than 7 or 8. He molested a dozen of them at least during the filming of the movie and filmed many of them. When he died there were hundreds of hours of footage which was some of the most extreme versions of child porn anywhere.
Sadly, it shouldn't be too surprising, now viewing his career through a #pg lens. (From the comments:)
But he leaves hints throughout his work, like that weird issue of Playgirl magazine showing up in "The Shining." And of course how he changed a key plot point in "Lolita" to show a vast network of pedophiles, not a lone predator.
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ReddittRefugee ago
Another interesting lead:
"He later ordered her to sleep with the much much older foreign born co-star on the movie who would go on to have an A list career. That co-star injured her severely and production had to be stopped for a week to allow her to recover."
The actor is revealed to have been Peter Sellers.
Most people think of Peter Sellers as the weird, lovable, bumbling comedian who starred in The Pink Panther series, in The Party, and of course, in Dr. Strangelove.
What is less known is that Peter Sellers in his private life was a particularly nasty, abusive piece of work:
https://people.com/archive/peter-sellers-mask-of-comedy-hid-a-flawed-spiteful-man-his-sorrowful-children-claim-vol-17-no-4/
mrohm ago
That's heartbreaking to read. I love Sellers' work.