Since Lars von Trier went and got himself banned from Cannes after making a series of bizarre comments about sympathizing with Hitler and also declaring himself a Nazi, it seems that some old stories about the notoriously provocative director must surface as well. Here’s a story about how von Trier humiliated Paul Bettany by making Nicole Kidman think believe that the actor was a porn fiend:

As Von Trier is in the news, this is from an old Guardian interview. When Paul Bettany arrived in Copenhagen, Von Trier collected him from the airport and took him to the little town where they were staying during the shoot. En route they stopped for petrol, and Von Trier returned to the car with a stack of porn magazines which he gave to Bettany, despite his protestations that he ‘was good for porn right now’. When they got to the hotel, they were chatting in Bettany’s room when there was a knock at the door. It was Nicole Kidman, whom Von Trier introduced, and they exchanged small talk. The director then said, entirely straight-faced, ‘Nicole, has Paul shown you his porn collection?’ and he gestured to the side table, stacked with the magazines.

Man, what a prick.

Via Popbitch