Romeo and Juliet 1968

Romeo and Juliet” stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, accusing Paramount of sexually exploiting ...

“It was needed for the film.” The courts saw an influx of complaints against the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic church, among other organizations, in the days leading up to the Dec. “Nude images of minors are unlawful and shouldn’t be exhibited,” said the actors’ attorney, Solomon Gresen, in an interview. “These were very young naive children in the ’60s who had no understanding of what was about to hit them. But in the final days of filming, the director allegedly implored them to perform in the nude with body makeup, “or the Picture would fail.” Hussey was 15 at the time and Whiting was 16.

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting assert in a lawsuit that Paramount Pictures should have known nude images of them in their teens were “secretly and ...

She told [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/olivia-hussey-recalls-controversial-romeo-and-juliet-role-at-16-reveals-personal-tragedies) that “it wasn’t that big of a deal” and that the film’s production crew had become a “big family.” Hussey’s interviews about the scene showed her trying to “come to grips” with the situation and express her pride for the film and her performance, although, he said, she was never proud of that scene. Hussey had expressed some approval of how the scene was filmed, telling The scene was filmed on a closed set, Ms. Hussey had worked with the director again in the 1977 mini-series “ Hussey recalls the filming of the scene, writing that after a makeup artist approached her to apply full body makeup, she confronted Mr. In recent days, the state has seen a He said that over the years, the actors had maintained a “relationship of profound gratitude and friendship” with Mr. Hussey was 16 years old when the scene was filmed, and Mr. (The scene was filmed in September 1967, he said, though the lawsuit that was filed contains an inaccurate date.) According to the lawsuit, Mr. In the scene, Mr.

Two stars of the 1968 film adaptation of "Romeo & Juliet" have sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million over a nude scene the actors shot as ...

According to the filing, Zeffirelli, who died in 2019, initially told the actors that they would wear flesh-colored undergarments in the bedroom scene in which Whiting's bare buttocks and Hussey's bare breasts are briefly shown. Leonard Whiting, 72, and Olivia Hussey, 71, claim director Franco Zeffirelli "secretly" filmed them nude or partially nude without their knowledge despite previous assurances that there would be no nudity exhibited in the Oscar-winning film. "They surely know better.

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were 15 and 16-years-old during filming of the Franco Zeffirelli adaptation, which was a major hit.

The actors “believed they had no choice but to act in the nude in body make-up as demanded”. “It was needed for the film.” — AP Yet they were filmed in the nude without their knowledge, in violation of California and federal laws against indecency and the exploitation of children, the suit says.

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, now in their 70s, allege they were sexually exploited.

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Olivia Hussey, then 15, and Leonard Whiting, then 16, allege sexual abuse, sexual harassment and fraud, and are seeking more than $500 million from ...

The actors "believed they had no choice but to act in the nude in body makeup as demanded." "Nobody my age had done that before," she said, adding that Zeffirelli shot it tastefully. The sexual assault scene in 'Last Tango In Paris' clouds Bertolucci's career

Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were ages 15 and 16 when the film was shot.

“These were very young naive children in the ’60s who had no understanding of what was about to hit them,” he said. The film was a hit for both breakout stars as it won two of the four Oscars it was nominated for in the 41st Academy Awards in 1969. “It was needed for the film,” Hussey told [Looking Beyond the “Brotherhood” of the Pre-Raphaelites](https://hyperallergic.com/793924/looking-beyond-the-brotherhood-of-the-pre-raphaelites/) [Juan Fuentes’s Lexicon of Longing](https://hyperallergic.com/763973/juan-fuentes-lexicon-of-longing/) [Architected Futures and Reimagined Pasts](https://hyperallergic.com/782049/architected-futures-and-reimagined-pasts-merryn-omotayo-alaka-sam-fresquez/) Originally, Zeffirelli had assured the pair that they would not be filming nude, the document claims, but in flesh-colored undergarments with strategic camerawork to create the illusion of total nudity. Whiting and Hussey were able to file the lawsuit on account of Assembly Bill 218 which [Archaeologists Find Possible Remains of Temple of Poseidon](https://hyperallergic.com/793898/archaeologists-find-possible-remains-of-temple-of-poseidon/) However, on the day of the bedroom scene shoot, Zefirelli allegedly informed them that they would have to be nude with body makeup. Former teen stars Olivia Hussey, now 71, and Leonard Whiting, 72, filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures over the inclusion of an underage nude scene in the Oscar-winning 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, the film features a brief scene in which 16-year-old Whiting’s bare buttocks and 15-year-old Hussey’s bare breasts are visible.