Francis Ford Coppola denies claims that he directed male actors to yell at Winona Ryder

Francis Ford Coppola, director of Bram Stoker's Dracula, recently denied claim me by actor Winona Ryder that male actors in film were instructed to shout insults at her during filming of one scene. Recently, Winona Ryder spoke in an interview with a news portal and recalled that for one of scenes, she was supposed to be crying.

In order to ''make her try more'', director Coppola instructed male costars like Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, and Anthony Hopkins to shout insults at Winona. Here is what director Francis Ford Coppola has to say about incident now: 

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Francis Ford Coppola clears air

Director Francis Ford Coppola sent out a statement to an entertainment portal in USA and described that incident did not go down way Winona has recalled it. director stated that shouting or abusing people isn't something he does as a filmmaker or a person. According to director, he only instructed Gary Oldman, in character as Dracula, to whisper improvised lines to Winona and or characters and make m sound ''horrific''. director stated that improvisation is a common practice in filmmaking.

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Image courtesy - Still from Bran Stoker's Dracula

Winona Ryder's representatives have now come forward and released a statement that res that actor & director are now in agreement and Coppola's recollection of incident is indeed correct. reps reaffirmed that director asked various actors to whisper ''horrible things in her ears''. Although technique did not work for actor, she said she loves and respects director noneless. statement also re that Winona Ryder considers it a great privilege to have worked with him. 

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While recounting her experience on Coppola's Dracula film, Ryder h previously stated that Richard Grant, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves were pursued by directors to 'yell' things that would make her cry. But she also ded that Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins did not entertain idea in any way. In conclusion, actor h stated that technique opted by director actually did not work in any way. 

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