They first sued paramount in december 2022, alleging that they were duped by director franco zeffirelli into. 'romeo and juliet' stars olivia hussey and leonard whiting have filed a new lawsuit against paramount over nude images of them in the 1968 movie, this time over the criterion collection release of it. Leonard whiting and olivia hussey, who starred in franco zeffirelli’s 1968 film adaptation of shakespeare’s romeo and juliet, are suing the film’s distributor, paramount pictures, to stop people from streaming the movie.
Olivia Hussey Nude Pics - Romeo and Juliet - Scandal Planet
Olivia hussey was 16 years old when she filmed a brief nude scene in the 1968 version of romeo and juliet
More than 50 years later, she calls the scene child pornography, and says a 2023 rerelease of the movie was enhanced to make the scene more lewd and lascivious.
The stars of the controversial 1968 adaptation of romeo and juliet have sued paramount pictures again over the movie’s scandalous nude scene Olivia hussey and leonard whiting were 15 and 17.