Jane Fonda said a French director tried to sleep with her because he 'needed to see what my orgasms were like'

• Jane Fonda said René Clément tried to sleep with her when she was 27 and he was 51.
• Fonda recalled that the French director said he "needed to see what my orgasms were like."

Jane Fonda has been working on the big screen for the past 60 years, and it's no surprise that she's collected some eye-opening stories over the course of her fascinating career.

Fonda previously spoke about being intimidated by Katharine Hepburn, and recently recalled what it was like skinny-dipping with Michael Jackson.

On Monday's episode of "Watch What Happens Live" to promote her latest movie, "Book Club: The Next Chapter," the actor said that the French director René Clément once tried to sleep with her.

Fonda worked with Clément on "Joy House," the 1964 thriller where she starred opposite Alain Delon, Lola Albright, and André Oumansky.

The host, Andy Cohen, asked Fonda whether she could name a man in Hollywood that she turned down, and she named Clément.

"He wanted to go to bed with me because he said the character had to have an orgasm in the movie and he needed to see what my orgasms were like," she said.

The actor added that she avoided the situation by pretending not to understand the director.

"He said it in French, and I pretended I didn't understand," Fonda said.

Fonda was 27 when she worked on "Joy House," while Clément was 51 — so there was a considerable age gap between them.

Cohen was clearly shocked by the story, and Fonda said that she had more stories to tell the host: "I have stories for you, kid, but we don't have time."

Fonda has always brought the shock factor to talk shows, even previously gifting Drew Barrymore with a bright blue vibrator on "The Drew Barrymore Show."