Klute co-stars Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland had a red-hot affair whereas he was nonetheless married to his then-wife Shirley Douglas. It was so passionate, Sutherland has repeatedly spoken about it over time.

Sutherland advised Rolling Stone the connection started earlier than the pair had began filming Klute.

“We might already been solid however had not began taking pictures,” he mentioned.

“And in the future, [Fonda] made it very clear, by way of a considerably provocative suggestion, that I ought to come house along with her. And I simply mentioned, [pause] ‘OK’.”

He additionally gave a very revealing interview to Leisure Weekly, gushing about his ex, saying Fonda “had, on the time, essentially the most lovely breasts on the earth.” The outlet famous he proceeded to inform “a not-fit-for-print story about his co-star.”

He advised GQ of an intimate night time they as soon as spent collectively on the Chelsea Resort within the early ’70s.

“I finished respiratory. The whole lot stopped. After which it began once more,” he mentioned. “Now, once I see it in my reminiscence, I finished respiratory once more.”

Whereas they gave the impression to be an ideal match, issues fizzled out after they moved in collectively.