Hussey nabbed the sought-after role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film, which became an international sensation. “It was actually very overwhelming,” Hussey told Fox News. 'Even when we were shooting, we had reporters waiting for an interview during our lunch and tea breaks. And they had come from all over the world. 'I celebrated my 16th birthday during shooting When the film was released, we traveled all over the world and I couldn’t really spend my teenage years like other teenagers Everyone would come up to us for a photo, an autograph.

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Romeo And Juliet 1968 is a 1968 International films directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The film stars Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Robert Stephens, Michael York. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for. So score the first point for the 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, director Franco Zeffirelli's second of three Shakespearean films: it dodges all three of these traps, sometimes quite well, and quite surprisingly.

But it was the experience of a lifetime really.”. The film stirred headlines even before it was released in theaters. At age 16, Hussey stripped down for a love scene depicting her wedding night alongside her co-star Leonard Whiting [Romeo], who was also 16 when he took on the role. Despite being visibly topless in the epic drama, Hussey said she felt at ease on set. “I think because it was done very tastefully,” she explained. “And in Europe, it was very different. In America, it was very taboo.

But in Europe a lot of the films had nudity. Nobody really thought much of it. But it was just the fact that I was 16 that got a lot of publicity The large crew we worked with was whittled down to only the very basic people, a handful of people. It was done later in the day when it wasn’t busy. It was a closed set. “If you see it, the reality is these two young kids married against their parents’ wishes and have this one night together and then they die And it wasn’t really banned in any country And we shot it at the very end of the film. So by that time we’ve all become a big family It wasn’t that big of a deal.

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And Leonard wasn’t shy at all! In the middle of shooting, I just completely forgot I didn’t have clothes on.” Hussy admitted she and Whiting, now 68, were attracted to each other. They dated, but the budding romance didn’t last long. They remained lifelong friends and even text each other “at least once every 10 days.”. At 17, Hussey found herself smitten with actor Christopher Jones, whom she met through her manager Rudi Altobelli.

But soon after they began dating in 1968, he allegedly started physically and emotionally abusing her. “He hit me a lot,” claimed Hussey. “The abuse started shortly after because he was schizophrenic I was just a 17-year-old with a mad crush. I was in love. I didn’t know he had any kind of mental illness. Nobody told me that until the first time he hit me We were just talking and then he suddenly leaned over and punched me.” Hussey claimed Altobelli warned her about Jones, who allegedly heard voices.

Previously reported Jones had struggled with his mother’s mental breakdown and death in a Tennessee asylum. Hussey stood by Jones’ side. “I did care about him,” said Hussey. “When he was sweet, he was very sweet.

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But he was not mentally well.” The relationship lasted for approximately 18 months. Seeking refuge, Hussey moved into Altobelli’s Los Angeles house in 1969 which was previously being rented by actress, a friend of Hussey’s.

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Sharon Tate (Zuma Press) But just five weeks prior to Hussey’s arrival, Tate, who was nearly nine months pregnant with husband Roman Polanski’s child, and four of her companions, were savagely murdered by the inside the same home. Hussey said she didn’t fear living inside the house of horrors. “It was the most peaceful house in Los Angeles and the safest at that time,” she insisted.