Tinto Brass met his leading lady, Anna Ammirati, when he accidentally crashed his car into her as she was bicycling. Though she was unharmed, Anna jokingly told Tinto that unless he cast her in his latest film, she would report him to the police.
Serena Grandi hasn't a good opinion about Anna Ammirati, who in the film plays her daughter. "She had a nice butt, she was pretty, but she put on too many airs, she was rude, she took away my joy of working with Tinto [Brass] again. She would sit on his lap while Tinta (Brass' wife), who was an editing secretary, stood there in front. 'Why are you doing this?', I said to her, 'why are you throwing yourself at Tinto and sticking your tongue in his ear? What's the point of that? With his wife standing there looking at you! I hope that what you are making Tinta experience can never happen to you in the future. We're professionals, we're making a movie, we're not having an orgy....' The film made no money. The producers came to the set and quickly realized that Anna could not be a leading lady. Tinto had taken a great actor, Patrick Mower, and realized he had made a mistake by favoring Anna," Grandi said.
Anna Ammirati's debut.
From the director of "Caligula", Tinto Brass.
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