Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were both under the age of 18 when they played the star-crossed lovers in the 1968 adaptation, and have since launched legal action
In 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world thanks to Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet.” In 2023, they sued Paramount for child abuse.
A judge said she will dismiss a lawsuit that the stars of 1968's “Romeo and Juliet" filed over the film's nude scene, finding that their depiction could not be considered child pornography.
A child abuse lawsuit over a nude scene filed by actors who played star-crossed lovers in Franco Zeffirelli s 1968 "Romeo and Juliet" will be thrown out.