Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting Sue Paramount Over Nude Scene (Again)

[lovelylaura23]

'Romeo and Juliet' stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting have filed a new lawsuit against Paramount over nude images of them in the 1968 movie, this time over the Criterion Collection release of it. https://t.co/ytcwN951tw
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) February 15, 2024
- Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are doubling down on their efforts to stop

Comments

[ickyspot]

I have unfortunately been subjected to this movie when I was 14, and in 9th grade English class. The teacher even tried to cover the nude scene with a poster that had sad faces telling us to close our eyes. Even at a young age everyone in class asked why we are shown underage actors. This was the early 2000's.

[amanda_aces]

I am much older and I saw this in eighth grade, in 1993, and again in ninth grade in 94 (switched schools). At both schools it was not censored, although in eighth grade the male teacher left the room (all girl's school).

At the time, it seemed like they thought it was acceptable for us to watch it because the actors were our age, it was a "classic", and "foreign films always have nudity".

[screamingintune]

We watched it in 9th grade too, uncensored. They had us have a permission slip signed for it and stuff.

[archersangel]

Film people make such a big deal about the actors being close to the ages of the characters in the play and there was no need for that. The actors could've been in their late teens or early 20s & it would not take away from the story.

[soyunatetera]

Even if they were young adults the nudity was unnecessary, to show their love and intimicy there's no reason to show Romeo's ass and Juliet's breast, it's exploitative and the fact that they were children it makes it 100 times worse

[sarahvma]

How those images aren’t considered illegal in a modern context boggles the mind. They edited Gene Hackman’s racist character saying a slur out of The French Connection for the sake of modern sensibilities… how is this somehow being shrugged off?

[pa0r_ple]

Agreed. The way lines are drawn for some things and not others makes no sense sometimes.

[pa0r_ple]

I'm studying film production right now and the way they push "realism" in making our films is definitely emblematic of why this kind of stuff happened in the past and continues to this day.

The impression I've gotten from more than one professor is that whatever brings out the rawest emotions out of your actors and audience is worth it but ultimately it seems to boil down to how okay you are as a director with manipulation and exploitation.

[notoriousreign]

GOOD, I hope they win their cases!