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Pippo Zeffirelli (left) said it was embarrassing, that Olivia Hussey, 71, and Leonard Whiting, 72, (right) waited 55 years to claim they were scarred by his father Francos Romeo and Juliet film

Pippo said he believed the film’s producers, John Brabourne and Anthony Havelock-Allan, obtained consent forms from the actor’s parents before filming.

Leonard Whiting, who played Romeo, and Olivia Hussey, said they were filmed in the nude without their knowledge,

Plucked for stardom by director Franco Zeffirelli in his stunning adaptation of Romeo And Juliet, British actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were hailed as the beautiful faces of a new generation

 

The two actors are claiming the film's director pressured them into participating in a nude scene for the movie, even though they were underage.

The two stars of Franco Zeffirelli's acclaimed 1968 movie version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are suing Paramount over the film's nude scene, claiming it constitutes child sexual exploitation.

Movies News - LOS ANGELES - The actors who played star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet in Italian director Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film are suing Paramount Pictures for child abuse over their brief nude scene, their lawyer said on Tuesday. British actress Olivia Hussey was 15 and... Read more at www.tnp.sg

(NOTE CONTENT) Director Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is remembered as an Oscar-winning classic, but now it's at the center of a multi

Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images(NOTE CONTENT) Director Franco Zeffirellis 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is remembered as an Oscar-winning classic, but now its at the center of a