Franco Zeffirelli

Romeo and Juliet movie child abuse lawsuit to be thrown out by judge

The stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s Oscar-winning film have tentatively lost their battle to receive damages over a sex scene filmed when they were teenagers

Benjamin Lee

25, May, 2023 @8:10 PM

Actors are still being put under pressure to perform intimate scenes – I see it happen | Adelaide Waldrop

As an intimacy coordinator, I have seen big improvements since the shooting of Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, but consent issues remain, says Adelaide Waldrop

Adelaide Waldrop

11, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

Franco Zeffirelli’s son criticises Romeo and Juliet actors for nudity lawsuit

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who were 15 and 16 when the film was made, are suing Paramount Studios for child abuse

Angela Giuffrida

06, Jan, 2023 @4:43 PM

The $500m Romeo and Juliet case opens a new frontier for #MeToo reckoning | Peter Bradshaw

The question of informed consent on Zeffirelli’s 1968 film has revived the historical abuses argument – will movie production companies be hit by a tidal wave of lawsuits?

Peter Bradshaw

04, Jan, 2023 @1:15 PM

Romeo and Juliet actors sue Paramount for child abuse in 1968 film

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting accuse studio of sexual exploitation in nude scene in Franco Zeffirelli adaptation

Benjamin Lee

03, Jan, 2023 @9:20 PM

'An obsessive, mischievous genius': actors pay tribute to Franco Zeffirelli

Brooke Shields, Robert Powell, Jeremy Irons and Fanny Ardant share their memories of working with the virtuoso director

Chris Wiegand

18, Jun, 2019 @8:15 AM

Franco Zeffirelli obituary

Celebrated director of stage and screen who created lavish opera productions and brought new audiences to Shakespeare with his 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet

John Francis Lane

15, Jun, 2019 @5:31 PM

Franco Zeffirelli was a master charmer - no wonder we all fell for his Romeo and Juliet

His take on Shakespeare’s tragedy tapped the zeitgeist, but Zeffirelli’s whole body of work pulsated with an irresistible camp and romanticism

Peter Bradshaw

15, Jun, 2019 @4:47 PM

Ciao, Franco! Zeffirelli electrified audiences and threw crazy parties

The Zefferelli I knew was a conundrum and a consummate artist whose work sparkled with joy and invention

John Hooper

15, Jun, 2019 @1:44 PM

Franco Zeffirelli, revered Italian director, dies aged 96

Italian equally celebrated as director of films, theatre and opera over 60-year career

Chris Wiegand

15, Jun, 2019 @11:36 AM

Olivia Hussey, star of Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet: 'I was wild'

Melding Shakespeare with the spirit of rebellion, Hussey became the world’s most famous teenager. Then she went to live at Hollywood’s most notorious address

Amy Nicholson

01, Aug, 2018 @1:32 PM