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Romeo and Juliet Year: 1968 Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting filed a lawsuit in Santa Monica Superior Court on Friday, accusing Paramount of sexually exploiting them and distributing nude images of adolescent children. Hussey was 15 at the time and Whiting was 16. According to the complaint, Zeffirelli showed them where the camera would be positioned, and assured them that no nudity would be photographed or released in the film. The suit alleges that he was being dishonest and that Whiting and Hussey were in fact filmed nude without their knowledge. “What they were told and what went on were two different things,” said Tony Marinozzi, who is a business manager for both actors. “They trusted Franco. At 16, as actors, they took his lead that he would not violate that trust they had. Franco was their friend, and frankly, at 16, what do they do? There are no options. There was no #MeToo.” According to the complaint, Hussey and Whiting have suffered mental anguish and emotional distress in the 55 years since the film’s release, and have also lost out on job opportunities. Despite their breakout performances, Hussey and Whiting had only very limited acting careers after “Romeo and Juliet.” They are seeking damages “believed to be in excess of $500 million.” https://variety.com/2023/film/news/romeo-and-juliet-child-abuse-nude-scene-lawsuit-1235477837/ January 5, 2023 ---------------------------------- The suit alleges that Zeffirelli — who died in 2019 — assured both actors that there would be no nudity in the film, and that they would wear flesh-colored undergarments in the bedroom scene. But in the final days of filming, the director allegedly implored them to perform in the nude with body makeup, “or the Picture would fail.” Olivia Hussey, talking about her nude scene: Well at the time, I don't think anybody this young in English cinema had ever done anything like that. But it was done so tastefully that it really, you know, I mean—Franco shot it towards the very end of the film, so obviously we'd been working together for months on end. We all knew each other. And when the bedroom scene actually came around, you know, he sent Mauro, the makeup gentleman, to come up to my dressing room—and he said, "Franco wants you made up from head to toe. And I said, "But why? I'm going to have a long nightgown on." And he said, "Wwelll, that's what Franco—", and I said, "Well, okay." But I went down and I said, "Franco, I've got to at least have the underwear on," and then he'd say, "You know, it's their first night of love, and they're young: nothing will be inappropriate. It will be done in the best of taste." And once he'd explained how beautiful and how touching—the beauty of it, it was that they were so inexperienced and so young, right?—that it made sense. So then, it wasn't that difficult. And then the grips at that time, all the men in the crew, you know, got to know us all, and we were the youngest people on the set. So when we did the bedroom scene, a lot of the men, when they didn't have to, you know, be lighting something, they'd stand there with their backs to us. So they didn't have to watch what was going on in the shooting, which I thought was very respectful and nice. At the time, you get caught up in the role. I don't know what the big deal was all about anyway. (http://grouchoreviews.com/interviews/229) |
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The Strange Affair Year: 1968 In a 1981 interview, Susan George recalled her love scene with Michael York. "He was nervous, but divine. So gentle, covering me up, making feel like his girlfriend for the day. In that picture I remember being less inhibited than I am now. I guess that was because I knew so very little about love scenes. And the girl I was playing was totally free. She dropped her clothes on command. It was all quite natural." https://books.google.com/books?id=m64yAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA75 |
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Robby Year: 1968 On the first day of filming his nude scenes, Warren Raum suffered severe sunburn on his buttocks, so much so that shooting had to be postponed while he recovered. Warren Raum and Ryp Siani were both director Ralph Bluemke's first choices for the two main roles. Luckily, both boys and their parents consented to the extensive nudity in the script. Prior to filming, none of the cast and crew were nudists. However, since most of their scenes were filmed in the nude, Warren Raum and Ryp Siani soon became accustomed to not wearing clothes unless it was required for a particular scene, and often wandered amongst the crew stark naked even when not filming. Much of the crew also joined in skinny dipping with the boys during lunch breaks. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063513/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv |
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Die Heiden von Kummerow und ihre lustigen Streiche Year: 1967 Almost 20 children from Rügen were invited to the Babelsberg film studios at the time. The four Rüganers Jörg Resler, Karin Kaltenbach (born Heidemann), Wolfgang Hinz and Gerald Schraml were finally selected. Most of the scenes for the film, which actually takes place in the supposed West Pomeranian village of Kummerow, were shot in Vilmnitz, Resler recalls an exciting time. "After all, we received 40 marks a day for 40 days of shooting, the first earnings for the children. And there was even a surcharge for a nude scene in the film," Resler recalls, smiling. https://web.archive.org/web/20080606034108/http://www.rueganer-anzeiger.de/archiv/artikel/die-heiden-von-kummerow/ |
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Snezhnaya koroleva Year: 1967 Elena Proklova claims she has been molested by one of directors during filming of some movie (most likely Snezhnaya koroleva) at age 12. |
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Nattlek Year: 1966 The full-frontal nudity of 14 year old actor Jorgen Lindström in this film was controversial. Lindström later remarked in an interview: "I don't think it was such a big deal. I do remember reactions in the papers, people worrying about that poor kid, who would be ruined for life. Well, I was 14 at the time, and not quite an innocent child any more. I can't remember being embarrassed or anything. In fact I remember walking about nude on the set between takes. In a way, I guess I was still a child and innocent about it all, in another way I also knew a bit about 'the facts of life.'" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060740/trivia/?item=tr7129393 |
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Amintiri din copilarie Year: 1965 In a 2019 interview, Ion Bocancea recalled the tests to get his role in the movie and in particular the one for the nude bath scene."There were all kinds of tests: photo, filming rehearsals, but the most difficult was the one in which we had to undress for the scene in 'Taking a bath'. This test was held at the Village Museum and it was full of people there, people were looking at us like a circus. We had to strip down to our bare skin and make a route with thorns, fences, and obstacles. We were told that after we undressed, we would find the clothes at the end of the trail. No one wanted to undress, but I told myself that no one would know me anyway. I came out first, but there were other tests where I was first. I had horse riding and swimming tests, all kinds of sports tests", said Bocancea. https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/destinul-actorului-care-l-a-interpretat-pe-nica-al-2240734.html |
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Dobro pozhalovat, ili Postoronnim vkhod vospreshchen Year: 1964 Viktor Kosykh did not want to play Marat, because according to the script he must jump naked in the nettle. "For those days it was almost pornography! - remember the actor. "The girls would laugh at school." The boy's fears were dispelled just before he left for Aleksin (where the pictures were taken): "When the bus was already moving, I leaned out of the window and asked Klimov, who saw us off:" Elem Germanovich, who I will play: Kostya or Marat? "He shouts to me:" Kostya, Kostya! "And I, pleased, went. I hadn't to jump naked in the nettle, so there will not be this pornography. " But Viktor Kosykh had to bare himself on the shooting ot the film, however. This happened in the scene when Kostya Inochkin, crossing the river, squeezes his panties with his nude bottom to the camera. For these naked boyish bottoms Klimov was very scolded. Critics were not clear - why strip the guys naked? For example, they should have climbed in nettles with shorts on. According to the actor, these reproaches are completely unfounded: "They do not just climb into nettles, but to get a rash. It would be strange if the rash covered only decent places! Therefore, he say to Marat: "And take off your cowards too!" So that no one suspects anything. " Klimov still managed to defend the obvious need for nudity . The picture came to the screens without cuts. (http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/viktor_krovavyi/interview.html) |
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Paskutine atostogu diena Year: 1964 Lina Braknyte, talking about her nude scene: -After "The Girl and the Echo", where in one scene I bathe nude (I was then 11 years old), I was teased at school. In the first days I had to sit in the toilet at every break . Only after two weeks everything was somehow calmed down ... (https://kinoyurco.com/ct/yur_id_20605.php) - Were your schoolmates jealous of you? - They asked a lot, especially after the first film, "The Girl and the Echo", as there was such a scene. - Sexy... - Well, I was naked on screen. After the premiere, I go so proud, happy, with the director, until a girl of my age, eleven or twelve, comes running up to me and says: "How much have you been paid to make you play naked? I would not have agreed for anything at all." For me it was such a blow! I was afraid that this will begin in school. But, thank God, no one asked. But, when she was in fifth grade in Leningrad, the insults started in the toilet at a break. Nobody knew that there was a montage in the film ... (https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/c/sov/567/forum/print/) |
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Child Bride Year: 1938 A problem cropped up when planning the infamous "skinny dipping" scene: Shirley Mills did not know how to swim. Bernice Stobaugh, a local girl, doubled for Shirley in the long shots. It is Bernice who does the dive into the pond and does the graceful swimming in the long shots. In the closer shots, Shirley is seen doing the "dog paddle". (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029989/trivia) |
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