Olivia Hussey

The director told them they must act in the nude or the movie "would fail" and their careers would be hurt, the suit said.

The actors "believed they had no choice but to act in the nude in body makeup as demanded." "Nobody my age had done that before," she said, adding that Zeffirelli shot it tastefully. Zeffirelli told them they must act in the nude "or the Picture would fail" and their careers would be hurt, the suit said.

Why have the actors, Olivia Hussey (71) and Leonard Whiting (72), alleged fraud and sexual abuse? Why have they filed the case more than five decades after ...

The actors “believed they had no choice but to act in the nude in body makeup as demanded.” That would be the beginning for sure,” Gresen said. In 2020, the state of California gave people a three-year window to file complaints of child sexual abuse even if the statute of limitations for their case had expired. However, on the day of the shoot, he told them they would have to wear nothing but body makeup, but the camera would be so positioned that it would not show nudity, the AP reported. They have sued the studio in Los Angeles County Superior Court for sexual abuse, sexual harassment and fraud, the AP reported. Zeffirelli’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet remains a classic, often serving as American schoolchildren’s introduction to the work.

Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey both won a Golden Globe award for most promising newcomers for the film in 1968.

On the morning of the shoot, Zeffirelli told Whiting, who played Romeo, and Hussey, who played Juliet, that they would wear only body make-up, while still assuring them the camera would be positioned in a way that would not show nudity. Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey have launched a lawsuit for more than $500 million (£414m) over a nude scene in the 1968 film shot when they were teenagers. The film was critically acclaimed and was nominated for four Academy Awards at the time, with the romantic tragedy catapulting Whiting and Hussey to a new found level of fame.

Romeo and Juliet” stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, accusing Paramount of sexually exploiting ...

“It was needed for the film.” The courts saw an influx of complaints against the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic church, among other organizations, in the days leading up to the Dec. “Nude images of minors are unlawful and shouldn’t be exhibited,” said the actors’ attorney, Solomon Gresen, in an interview. “These were very young naive children in the ’60s who had no understanding of what was about to hit them. But in the final days of filming, the director allegedly implored them to perform in the nude with body makeup, “or the Picture would fail.” Hussey was 15 at the time and Whiting was 16.

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting assert in a lawsuit that Paramount Pictures should have known nude images of them in their teens were “secretly and ...

She told [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/olivia-hussey-recalls-controversial-romeo-and-juliet-role-at-16-reveals-personal-tragedies) that “it wasn’t that big of a deal” and that the film’s production crew had become a “big family.” Hussey’s interviews about the scene showed her trying to “come to grips” with the situation and express her pride for the film and her performance, although, he said, she was never proud of that scene. Hussey had expressed some approval of how the scene was filmed, telling The scene was filmed on a closed set, Ms. Hussey had worked with the director again in the 1977 mini-series “ Hussey recalls the filming of the scene, writing that after a makeup artist approached her to apply full body makeup, she confronted Mr. In recent days, the state has seen a He said that over the years, the actors had maintained a “relationship of profound gratitude and friendship” with Mr. Hussey was 16 years old when the scene was filmed, and Mr. (The scene was filmed in September 1967, he said, though the lawsuit that was filed contains an inaccurate date.) According to the lawsuit, Mr. In the scene, Mr.

Romeo And Juliet stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are suing Paramount Pictures after claiming they were exploited – what age were they?

“Nobody my age had done that before,” she recalled, before adding a “tasteful” performance was “needed for the film.” “These were very young naive children in the Sixties who had no understanding of what was about to hit them,” their attorney, Solomon Gresen, said. The suit alleges the actors “believed they had no choice but to act in the nude in body make-up as demanded.” The romance didn’t last but they have remained lifelong friends and even text each other “at least once every ten days,” Hussey told [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/olivia-hussey-recalls-controversial-romeo-and-juliet-role-at-16-reveals-personal-tragedies). Whiting has now retired, with 2015 film Social Suicide marking the actor’s last production and his first project alongside Hussey since Romeo And Juliet. Zeffirelli passed away in 2019 at the age of 96.