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Icon for people.comPeople · May 25, 2023

'Romeo and Juliet' Sexual Exploitation Lawsuit Over Nude Scene Involving Minors Dismissed by Judge

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who starred in 1968's 'Romeo and Juliet,' sued Paramount in December over a nude scene filmed when they were under 18 Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the ...
Icon for lamag.comLos Angeles Magazine · Jan 4, 2023

Stars of Classic 1968 'Romeo and Juliet' Sue Over Onscreen Teen Nudity

“These were very young naive children in the ’60s who had no ... As film critic Roger Ebert—who visited the Romeo and Juliet set in Tuscany—put it in his Great Movies entry in 2000 ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 23, 2023

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet - Juliet

it was common for parents to choose who their children married. However, in the play, Juliet is determined to choose her own husband. These images are taken from a 2014 production of Romeo and ...
LA Times on MSN.com · Dec 28, 2024

Olivia Hussey, star of 1968 'Romeo and Juliet' film, dies at 73

She is survived by her husband, David Glen Eisley, her three children and a grandson. Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died ...
Icon for dailyfreepress.comThe Daily Free Press · 25d

BU Shakespeare Society’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ breathes new life into a classic

Everyone knows the story of “Romeo and Juliet”: two star-crossed lovers in fair Verona, deeply enthralled with one another — but torn apart by their family’s feud. While BU Shakespeare Society did not change any of these elements in its ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Oct 25, 2024

‘Romeo and Juliet' Review: Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler Headline a Shakespeare Tragedy That's More Fun Than It Should Be

But it's also possible that it takes real genius to pull off the death scene in "Romeo and Juliet." The audience has to believe that these are not just two children caught up in the early days of ...