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Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were successful their mid teens erstwhile the movie was filmed
By Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
The stars of the Oscar-winning 1968 movie Romeo and Juliet are suing Paramount Pictures for intersexual maltreatment implicit a nude country they appeared in.
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were teenagers erstwhile they made the movie.
In a caller ineligible case, the English actors, present successful their 70s, assertion manager Franco Zeffirelli encouraged them to bash nude scenes contempt erstwhile assurances that they would not person to.
Paramount has not yet publically responded to the claim.
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Image caption,Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey are present aged 72 and 71 respectively
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Image caption,Hussey and Whiting were aged 15 and 16 astatine the clip Romeo and Juliet was filmed
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Image caption,The movie was nominated for 4 Oscars and won 2 - for cinematography and costume design
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