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Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were just teenagers when they electrified audiences in the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The film was a hit and was ...
The stars of the film, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, filed the suit in December, alleging that they were coerced by director Franco Zeffirelli into performing nude in the film’s bedroom ...
Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were 16 and 17 at the time of filming. ... over the bedroom scene in the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” finding that the lead actors consented to ...
Olivia Hussey (née Osuna; 17 April 1951 – 27 December 2024) was a British actress.Her awards included a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award.The daughter of Argentine tango singer Osvaldo Ribó, Hussey was born in Buenos Aires but spent most of her early life in her mother's native England.
Romeo and Juliet (Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet.
That promise was broken, as Romeo and Juliet contains a scene in which the then 16-year-old Hussey and 17-year-old Whiting lie naked in bed, recovering from an implied sexual act. The scene ...
Olivia Hussey as Juliet in the balcony scene of Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film Romeo and Juliet Main article: Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) Stephen Orgel describes Franco Zeffirelli 's 1968 Romeo and Juliet as being "full of beautiful young people, and the camera, and the lush Technicolor, make the most of their sexual energy and good looks."
Paramount has filed a motion to throw out a lawsuit over the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” arguing that a nude scene with underage actors does not amount to “childhood sexual assault.”