1968 ‘Romeo and Juliet’ director’s son slams actors for nudity lawsuit
2 min readBy Express News Service
We had earlier reported that the actors of Romeo and Juliet (1968), Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, have filed a lawsuit towards Paramount Pictures accusing them of sexually exploiting them and distributing nude photos of adolescent youngsters. The director of the movie, Franco Zeffirelli, will not be one of many defendants, as he handed away in 2019.
On behalf of Franco, his son Pippo Zeffirelli has publicly condemned the 2 lead actors’ choice to sue Paramount Pictures for the nude scene within the movie.
In a press release Pippo gave to The Hollywood Reporter, he had written, “It is embarrassing to hear that today, 55 years after filming, two elderly actors who owe their notoriety essentially to this film wake up to declare that they have suffered an abuse that has caused them years of anxiety and emotional discomfort.”
He added that he believed the movie’s two producers, John Brabourne and Anthony Havelock-Allan, acquired consent kinds from the actors’ mother and father earlier than the shoot. The lawsuit filed by the actor alleges that director Zeffirelli vouched that there can be no nudity within the movie and that they might be sporting body-coloured undergarments in that exact bed room scene.
Hussey was 15 on the time, whereas Whiting was 16. The grievance alleges that the actors had been filmed nude with out their information.
We had earlier reported that the actors of Romeo and Juliet (1968), Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, have filed a lawsuit towards Paramount Pictures accusing them of sexually exploiting them and distributing nude photos of adolescent youngsters. The director of the movie, Franco Zeffirelli, will not be one of many defendants, as he handed away in 2019.
On behalf of Franco, his son Pippo Zeffirelli has publicly condemned the 2 lead actors’ choice to sue Paramount Pictures for the nude scene within the movie.
In a press release Pippo gave to The Hollywood Reporter, he had written, “It is embarrassing to hear that today, 55 years after filming, two elderly actors who owe their notoriety essentially to this film wake up to declare that they have suffered an abuse that has caused them years of anxiety and emotional discomfort.”
He added that he believed the movie’s two producers, John Brabourne and Anthony Havelock-Allan, acquired consent kinds from the actors’ mother and father earlier than the shoot. The lawsuit filed by the actor alleges that director Zeffirelli vouched that there can be no nudity within the movie and that they might be sporting body-coloured undergarments in that exact bed room scene.
Hussey was 15 on the time, whereas Whiting was 16. The grievance alleges that the actors had been filmed nude with out their information.
