{"id":1794752,"date":"2023-01-04T10:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794752"},"modified":"2023-01-04T10:04:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:04:17","slug":"romeo-and-juliet-stars-who-were-15-16-sue-over-nude-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/romeo-and-juliet-stars-who-were-15-16-sue-over-nude-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Romeo And Juliet\u2019 Stars, 16 Years Old, Sue over Nude Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fromeo-and-juliet-stars-who-were-15-16-sue-over-nude-scene%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The stars of the hit 1968 film \u201cRomeo and Juliet,\u201d The two teenagers, who were 15 and 16 at the time, sued Paramount Pictures, alleging that they were nude while filming.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Whiting, 72, and Olivia Hussey (71), filed their lawsuit Friday just before the December 31 deadline. Franco Zeffirelli, a director who died in 2019, at the age of 96, claimed that he had instructed the actors not to use actual nudity in the film and that their bedroom scene would show them in flesh-colored underwear. According to the lawsuit, Zeffirelli threatened them with death by asking them to nude with body make-up as filming ended. \u201cthe Picture would fail,\u201d Variety <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/romeo-and-juliet-child-abuse-nude-scene-lawsuit-1235477837\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they were told and what went on were two different things,\u201d Tony Marinozzi, the actors\u2019 business manager stated of Zeffirelli. \u201cThey trusted Franco. At 16, as actors, they took his lead that he would not violate that trust they had. Franco was their friend, and frankly, at 16, what do they do? There are no options. There was no #MeToo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNude images of minors are unlawful and shouldn\u2019t be exhibited,\u201d Solomon Gresen, the actors\u2019 attorney, declared. \u201cThese were very young naive children in the \u201960s who had no understanding of what was about to hit them. All of a sudden they were famous at a level they never expected, and in addition they were violated in a way they didn\u2019t know how to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hussey was a 2018 speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/film\/news\/romeo-and-juliet-at-50-olivia-hussey-leonard-whiting-1202970939\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> The nude scene \u201cNobody my age had done that before. It was needed for the film.\u201d Zeffirelli was her name. \u201cgenius. He just brought things to life. That\u2019s what I loved about Franco. He hired always the most perfect person to do the role, which ever role it was. And then he let that actor do what they felt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was such an amazing experience,\u201d She added. \u201cI used to say to Franco, I don\u2019t want to work with anyone but you. I can do anything for you because you understand me. I mean if I could have, I would have just worked with Franco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hussey has been a successful fighter against stage four breast cancer in the years that have passed since the film was made. Hussey is married to David Eisely, a rocker and grandmother, and she is also a mother of three children. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/life\/1003615\/Shakespearean-tragedies-of-a-Hollywood-teen-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared bankruptcy<\/a> After her business manager and his wife deceived her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stars of the hit 1968 movie \u201cRomeo and Juliet,\u201d who were only 15 and 16 when the movie was filmed, are suing Paramount Pictures, claiming they were filmed nude without their knowledge. Olivia Hussey, 71, and Leonard Whiting, 72, filed their lawsuit Friday, just before the December 31 deadline. 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