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Two actors who starred as teenagers in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film adaptation of Romeo និង Juliet sued Paramount for over $500 million in damages, ភាពខុសគ្នា reported Tuesday, accusing the studio of sexual exploitation over a nude scene they say was filmed without their knowledge.
Leonard Whiting plays Romeo Montague and Olivia Hussey plays Juliet Capulet in the 1968 production … [+]
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The suit was filed Friday in Santa Monica Superior Court, before a Saturday deadline ending the temporary suspension of the statute of limitations for claims of child sexual abuse.
Olivia Hussey, who was 15 at the time the movie was filmed, and Leonard Whiting, who was 16, claimed Zeffirelli, who died in 2019, told the actors there would be no nudity in the movie.
The actors were supposed to wear flesh-colored undergarments during the scene, though the suit says on the day of shooting, Zeffirelli urged the teens to be nude, “or the Picture would fail,” according to ភាពខុសគ្នា។
Zeffirelli allegedly showed the actors where the camera would be angled and said no nudity would be captured—however, both Hussey’s breasts and Whiting’s buttocks appear in the film.
The actors said they have suffered diminished careers, as well as mental anguish and emotional distress, and are seeking damages “believed to be in excess of $500 million.”
ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes has reached out to Paramount for comment.
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“What they were told and what went on were two different things,” Tony Marinozzi, who manages both actors, told ភាពខុសគ្នា. “At 16, as actors, they took [Zeffirelli’s] 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.”
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នៅក្នុងបទសម្ភាសន៍ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨៦ ជាមួយ ភាពខុសគ្នា, Hussey commended the film’s nudity. “Nobody my age had done that before. It was needed for the film,” she said. “Everyone thinks they were so young they probably didn’t realize what they were doing. But we were very aware. We both came from drama schools and when you work, you take your work very seriously.”
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Zeffirelli’s film is one of the most popular movie adaptations of the Shakespear play, alongside Baz Lerman’s 1996 version. Hussey and Whiting are now in their 70s. After starring in Romeo និង Juliet, Hussey appeared in បាត់បង់ Horizon, បុណ្យណូអែលខ្មៅ និង ការស្លាប់នៅទន្លេនីល, and Whiting appeared in War is War និង Say Hello To Yesterday. Both acted in the 2015 film Social Suicide. Zeffirelli was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for Romeo និង Juliet. គាត់ក៏បានដឹកនាំ ការបង្ខាំងសត្វព្រាប, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and ភូមិ, starring Glenn Close and Mel Gibson.
អានបន្ថែម
‘Romeo and Juliet’ Stars Sue Paramount for Child Abuse Over Nude Scene in 1968 Film (ភាពខុសគ្នា)
‘Romeo and Juliet’ Child Stars Sue Paramount Over Sexual Exploitation, Seeking $500 Million in Damages (IndieWire)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/01/03/teen-stars-of-1968-romeo-and-juliet-movie-sue-paramount-for-over-500-million-for-sexual-exploitation/