‘Romeo and Juliet’ stars sue Paramount Pictures over sexual exploitation

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting who starred as teenagers in 1968’s Romeo and Juliet adaptation are suing Paramount Pictures for sexual exploitation over one of its most controversial scenes.

The adaptation is often deemed to be the definitive film version of the story, with Franco Zeffirelli’s version only really challenged by Baz Luhrmann’s version some thirty years later. However fifty years later, his version is now the subject of an impending lawsuit over child sexual exploitation.

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