Posted on 01/04/2023 7:06:59 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who starred in 1968's Romeo and Juliet, filed a lawsuit against Paramount for child abuse over a nude scene in the film.
Per Deadline, Hussey and Whiting filed the lawsuit in Santa Monica Superior Court on Jan. 3, accusing Paramount of sexual exploitation and the distribution of nude images of underage children. Now in their 70s, both actors were teenagers at the time they starred in the film; Hussey, who played Juliet, was 15 and Whiting, who played Romeo, was 16. The actors are seeking damages of over $100 million. "believed to be in excess of $500 million."
Based on William Shakespeare's iconic play of the same name, Romeo and Juliet was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards at the time of its release. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, who died in 2019, the film includes a nude bedroom scene that showed Whiting's buttocks and Hussey's breasts. According to the suit, Zeffirelli told both actors at the time that "no nudity would be filmed" for Romeo and Juliet and they would instead wear "flesh-colored undergarments" for the scene.
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they are still making movies? I hope they aren’t naked in any of them now.
One of the 20 best films ever made. Exquisite.
They may have some bitterness that their stardom faded after it peaked with this film. I find it difficult to believe that they are feel in any way humiliated or embarrassed by the scene in question.
“It’s Hedley...”
The play, as written, is not. Nor was the movie in question, IIRC. But what happened on the movie set during rehearsals and filming?
I don't know. I wasn't there. Do you know?
It is never too late to sue, when one needs the money.
Juliet dei Capuleti (1290-1303)
LOL. It was a nice break from having to thumb through the National Geographic magazines.
***the film includes a nude bedroom scene that showed Whiting’s buttocks and Hussey’s breasts.***
What a joke! I saw this movie back then, rated “R”! Now it has been downgraded to PG with no cuts.
As for this scene, if you blink you will miss her flash of breast as it happens so fast, maybe one half second, and all you see of Romeo is his back side when getting out of bed. And that is all the nudity in that movie.
Ping
Stupid stupid stupid.
They must be poor now and need the money, but that need is no excuse for filing a suit that if legitimate needed to be filed a long time ago.
LOL. In my day it was hoping the Spice Channel would descramble enough for a moment...
Think of all those porn films and magazines with a 15 year old Traci Lords...
We also watched the film for high school English class, during a field trip to the movie theater. It was very tastefully done throughout. I think these 2 want to supplement their Social Security checks, waiting until now to file. How ridiculous.
I know that they aren’t suing for something that you don’t know happened on the set.
They are suing for the nudity in the movie.
OK??
Well she was a hussey.
No, it’s Hedy.
READ THE ARTICLE
They used a temporary legal loophole that suspended the sculpture of limitations.
Hussey is properly named for the type of woman she is.
Olivia must need money for the old folks home.
They can be expensive.
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