American entertainers Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting as of late recorded a body of evidence against film creation monster Foremost over a room scene highlighted in 1968’s Romeo and Juliet that showed the pair stripped.
According to Assortment, the 71-year-old star and Whiting recorded a claim in St Nick Monica Unrivaled Court on December 30, 2022, expressing that the creation organization s*xually took advantage of them and circulated their bare pictures when they were youngsters.
Helmed by Franco Zeffirelli, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were 15 and 16 separately when they went for Romeo and Juliet.
| Born |
Olivia Osuna
17 April 1951 |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Dean Paul Marti
Akira Fuse
David Glen Eisley
|
| Children | 3, including India Eisley |
The film got designated for four Foundation Grants yet additionally made contention over a room scene that showed Hussey’s br*asts and Whiting’s bu*tocks.
Olivia Hussey was guaranteed no bareness will be delivered in the film
As per the claim, the movie’s chief Zeffirelli, who died in 2019, guaranteed Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting that there would be no bareness in the film, and for the room scene, they would be wearing skin-shaded garments.
Nonetheless, as the days drew closer of recording the scene, Zeffirelli purportedly convinced them to play out the scene naked with body cosmetics on, or the “film would fizzle.”
The claim likewise guaranteed that the chief showed the pair where the camera would be set and guaranteed them no bare scenes would be available in the film, yet all the same the opposite occurred.
While addressing Assortment, the business supervisor for the two entertainers, Tony Marinozzi, expressed:
“Everything they were said and what went on were two unique things. They confided in Franco. At 16, as entertainers, they took his lead that he wouldn’t disregard that trust they had. Franco was their companion, and frankly, at 16, what do they do? There are no choices. There was no #MeToo.”
The claim likewise expressed that both Olivia Hussey and Whiting languished mental and close to home misery over 55 years after Romeo and Juliet was delivered and, surprisingly, lost proficient open doors. They had a restricted acting profession after the film.
In a meeting with the distribution, Solomon Gresen, Hussey and Whiting’s lawyer, said:
“Bare pictures of minors are unlawful and ought not be shown. These were exceptionally youthful guileless youngsters during the ’60s who had no comprehension of what was going to hit them. Out of nowhere they were renowned at a level they never expected, and likewise they were disregarded in a way they didn’t have any idea how to manage.”
Olivia and Leonard Whiting are looking for harms “in overabundance of $500 million.”
Born on April 17, 1951, Olivia Hussey is a local of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She made her big screen debut with Romeo and Juliet, and later featured in films like Infection and Passing on The Nile.