Similar to the stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film Romeo & Juliet, who are suing Paramount for $100M+ for alleged sexual abuse and more, Brooke Shields also had an unsettling experience with the 2x Oscar nominated filmmaker during the production of Endless Love.
Romeo & Juliet Stars SUE Over Infamous Underage Nude Scene!
05.01.2023 - 06:25 / perezhilton.com
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A couple different generations grew up knowing about this controversy!
Before Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes and The Cardigans, the Romeo and Juliet every 8th grade literature class had to watch was the 1968 version directed by Franco Zeffirelli. It was a huge hit that was nominated for four Oscars, and for years it was considered the film version of the Shakespeare classic. It helped that for more verisimilitude, the Italian filmmaker cast actual teens to play the titular star-crossed lovers instead of seasoned adults as one would sometimes see on stage. It makes the play make a lot more sense with that context. This would all be fine were it not for that one scene…
As those of you who lived through their teacher desperately trying to fast-forward the ancient VHS tape know, after Romeo and Juliet consummate their marriage, they are shown in bed the next morning — nude! And you see for just a moment Romeo’s butt and Juliet’s breasts. There’s just a bit of nudity, but considering Leonard Whiting was 16 years old at the time and Olivia Hussey was only 15, it’s pretty sketchy — even for the ’60s.
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It turns out the actors are still pretty upset about it all these years later! In fact, they say it was more than just filming them nude — they were tricked! Per a surprise report in Variety on Wednesday, Whiting and Hussey, who are both in their 70s now, filed a lawsuit late last week against Paramount for sexual exploitation and distributing nude images of adolescent children. Yeah.
They claim Zeffirelli (who died in 2019) first told them they would be wearing flesh-colored underwear to protect their
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