Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were 17 and 15 years old respectively when they took on the lead roles in the 1968 movie adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, which included a highly controversial nude scene.
In the 1960s, movie director Franco Zeffirelli cast two teenagers to play the lead roles in his movie adaptation of William Shakespeare’sThe film opened in theaters in October 1968, with 17-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey dazzling audiences as the infamous star-crossed lovers.
And on Friday, theyHussey and Whiting are now in their 70s and have accused Paramount of sexually exploiting them and distributing nude images of adolescent children, according toThe suit alleges that Zeffirelli, who died in 2019, told both actors that there would be no nudity in his film and that they would be wearing flesh-colored underwear in the love scene.
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