Racist and racially-coded discourse ran amok on social media earlier this week after the cast of the forthcoming West End production of “Romeo and Juliet” was announced, with Tom Holland as Romeo and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, a Black woman, as Juliet. But some social media users are hitting back at the discourse with memes and quips … Read more
Getty Image Back in 1597 when William Shakespeare wrote “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” it’s impossible to assume who he had in mind to read the line. Fast forward a few hundred years, that same Romeo will be played by none other than Tom Holland in the West End production of the play. Shakespeare would have … Read more
In the 1960s, movie director Franco Zeffirelli cast two teenagers to play the lead roles in his movie adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. The film opened in theaters in October 1968, with 17-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey dazzling audiences as the infamous star-crossed lovers. Romeo & Juliet received critical acclaim and … Read more
Olivia and Leonard agreed to Franco’s demand under the impression that the film wouldn’t include any of their nude scenes. When they saw the scenes for the first time, the actors said the director betrayed them. “What they were told and what went on were two different things,” Olivia and Leonard’s business manager, Tony Marinozzi, … Read more
Paramount Pictures The stars of 1968’s movie adaptation of Romeo and Juliet are suing Paramount Pictures over the movie’s nude scene. Actress Olivia Hussey, who was 15 when she filmed the movie and 71 now, and actor Leonard Whiting (16 and 72), filed a lawsuit in Santa Monica Superior Court alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment. … Read more
There have been exactly eleventy billion adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, and the trailer for Rosaline proves that there is definitely room for one more. The movie — starring Kaitlyn Dever as Romeo’s scorned ex-girlfriend — looks like an absolute blast. Dever is clearly bringing her Book Smart energy to the irreverent retelling alongside some … Read more