According to the report in variety, the actors state that the director of the 1968 film romeo and juliet, franco zeffirelli, hoodwinked the pair into performing nude in a bedroom scene, after. The 1968 shakespearean adaptation is considered the definitive version of romeo and juliet, but one controversial scene still haunts it decades later. From romeo and juliet (1968) was released as a single and entered the billboard hot 100 on 9 august 1969 It's a remix of the original dialogue and the expanded soundtrack so it doesn't quite. The two stars of the 1968 film, romeo and juliet are suing paramount pictures for more than $500 million over a nude scene Olivia hussey, then 15, and now 71, and leonard whiting, then 16, now 72, filed the suit in los angeles county superior court alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment and fraud
The actors claim they were filmed nude without their knowledge, in violation of california and. Photographed by pasqualino desantis on various locations in italy, romeo and juliet was one of the most profitable film adaptations of shakespeare ever produced.
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