‘Romeo and Juliet’ director “No pornography, Olivia Husse is absurd” [DA:할리우드] : Sports Donga

Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting have filed a $500 million (KRW 630 billion) lawsuit against the production company for sexual exploitation during the filming of the movie ‘Romeo and Juliet’.

Pippo Zeffirelli said on the 7th (local time): “The nudes in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ express honest feelings of beauty and mutual relationships.” My father, the director Franco, was a person who opposed the porn industry during his life ”.

“Meanwhile, Olivia Husse and Leonard Whiting also expressed their happiness for the film that gave them worldwide success and their gratitude to director Franco through interviews,” he said. Claiming to have received it is absurd.

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting enjoyed worldwide popularity due to their 1968 role in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and even won a Golden Globe.

However, recently, the two actors said: “During the filming of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, even after receiving a promise from director Franco that they would film a bed scene wearing underwear, they had to film naked bodies, which exposed their nakedness. Decades later, they’re still suffering.” There was a wave of appeals. Indeed, in the film, their bare buttocks and bare breasts were exposed as they were.

At the same time, they filed a lawsuit against the production company Paramount Pictures, seeking $500 million in damages, saying, “‘Romeo and Juliet’s image has been fixed and they have had difficulties in their future endeavours.”

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