Francis Ford Coppola confirms he kissed extras on Megalopolis set

While saying the Guardian's report that he tried to kiss female extras was totally untrue', the director told Rolling Stone they were young women I knew'

Francis Ford Coppola says that he did kiss film extras on the set of his forthcoming film Megalopolis but that they were young women I knew".

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Coppola responded to a question about a report in the Guardian that said the director tried to kiss female extras during preparation for a bacchanalian nightclub scene", and that significant numbers of crew left the project during production.