Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, the stars of the 1968 film version of "Romeo & Juliet," have filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures.
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They are alleging that the company sexually exploited them when they were adolescents during the shooting of the film.
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Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are seeking more than $500 million in damages from Paramount.
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The lawsuit was filed in the Santa Monica Superior Court in California.
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It alleges that director Franco Zeffirelli promised the actors that there would be no nudity in the film and that they would wear flesh-colored undergarments in the bedroom scene.
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Zeffirelli is accused of telling the actors to perform the scene nude with body makeup on or the movie would "fail."
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Olivia Hussey has previously said that the nude scene was done "tastefully" and was "needed" for the film.
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The lawsuit comes as a California law that temporarily suspended the statute of limitations for older claims of child sexual abuse expired on December 31, meaning that people over the age of 40 can no longer sue for child sexual abuse in 2023.
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Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are now in their early 70s.
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The film version of "Romeo & Juliet" was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and released in 1968.