Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting claim that they were sexually exploited by the film
Prompted by a new California law that temporarily suspended the statute of limitations on sexual abuse claims, the suit says that Zeffirelli told Hussey and Whiting that the film would have no actual nudity and that they would both wear “flesh-colored undergarments” for the scene in question, but during filming the director allegedly told them they would need to do the scene nude “or the picture would fail.
The lawsuit also accuses Zeffirelli of lying about whether or not they would be filmed nude, with a manager for the actors adding, “At 16, as actors, they took his lead that he would not violate that trust they had,” adding, “Franco was their friend, and frankly, at 16, what do they do? There are no options. There was no #MeToo.
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