Around the same time, Schneider agreed to star in Luis Buñuel's "That Obscure Object of Desire" (1977), and showed up on set, yet argued with the filmmaker over how her role would be portrayed in light of Schneider's growing concern regarding the depiction of women in cinema , and because of excessive nudity. Schneider ultimately dropped out, and Buñuel made the creative, unusual decision to replace her with not one but two actresses for the same role: Carole Bouquet and Ángela Molina. Schneider was also asked by Bertolucci to appear in his 1976 film "1900", but either turned him down or was fired. She was asked to play Mary, mother of Jesus in Franco Zeffirelli's 1979 television miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth"; Schneider said she did not feel right for the part, though later regretted missing out on this opportunity, and instead eventually appeared in Zeffirelli's 1996 film "Jane Eyre" in a brief appearance as Bertha Mason.