A handful of entertainment's biggest names make the case for a modern-day take on Shakespeare's most iconic play.
Author:Alexandra MondalekUpdated:Dec 4, 2019Original:Dec 4, 2019To reimagine the story of Romeo and Juliet in fashion and culture is not an entirely new idea, but while cinematic presentations of the play have ranged from purist to remixed — those which some in the fashion crowd swoon over, including Baz Luhrmann's 1996 depiction or more recently, the 2013 version featuring Hailee Steinfeld — the Pirelli Calendar's latest take on the Shakespearean tragedy pins its focus exclusively on...
The book and accompanying film, which took six months to shoot and produce, features a venerable bingo sheet of some of global entertainment's most popular figures. Claire Foy, Mia Goth, Emma Watson and Yara Shahidi are the Roversi-chosen actresses auditioning for the role of Juliet, while Chinese pop-star Chris Lee, Kristen Stewart and Indya Moore challenge the character's relationship with gender and sex.
The film invites each of the women to audition in a casting, bare-faced and plain, for the role of a modern-day Juliet, where they answer questions about their own experiences with young love and recite lines from the tragedy. The film and book eventually juxtapose the images of the actresses in their casting "auditions" against images of themselves fully made up in Juliet garb.
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