Nolte: Son of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Director Ridicules Nudity Lawsuit
Pippo Zeffirelli, the son of Romeo and Juliet director Franco Zeffirelli, ripped into the film’s stars for filing an abuse lawsuit 55 years after the movie’s release.
Pippo Zeffirelli, the son of Romeo and Juliet director Franco Zeffirelli, ripped into the film’s stars for filing an abuse lawsuit 55 years after the movie’s release.
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who are collectively 143 years old, are suing Paramount Pictures over the alleged trauma they’ve dealt with since filming Romeo and Juliet 55 years ago.
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.