I remember falling in love with Leonard Whiting (or maybe it was just his butt). Olivia Hussey was a great actress with some curious inconsistencies in her story telling.
Oh that butt. What was curious was that Olivia Hussey defended the nudity in Romeo and Juliet in 2018 and then in 2022 she and Leonard Whiting sued. I wonder what the real story is there.
Changing times, Mitchell. What may be seen as a liberating attitude towards sex in 1968 comes across as sexual abuse now (for those who don't know what we're talking about, an underaged Whiting and Hussey, i.e., Romeo and Juliet, are briefly seen nude in a bedroom scene in the movie.) With every passing year, more and more people tell them it was abuse, and they've come to believe it.
Oh, I absolutely agree and do think they were taken advantage at their young ages. However, she defended it strongly in 2018, 40 years later, and then 4 years after that they sued. That simply surprised me.
Andrew, her most famous role is that of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet. In addition, she played the Virgin Mary in Zeffirelli's 1977 mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. In between those two elegant films, she also appeared in the less-than-elegant early slasher classic, 1974's Black Christmas, in which she played a sorority sister whose plans for the holiday are, to say the least, dashed.
Totally unfamiliar to me. I looked at her Wikipedia page and didn't recognize any of her movies (not unusual) and only on TV show where she only did one episode. It's amazing how many movies have been made that I've never heard of.
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I remember falling in love with Leonard Whiting (or maybe it was just his butt). Olivia Hussey was a great actress with some curious inconsistencies in her story telling.
ReplyDeleteMitchell, are you referring to a recent lawsuit, in which, among other things, Mr. Whiting's butt does come under scrutiny?
DeleteOh that butt. What was curious was that Olivia Hussey defended the nudity in Romeo and Juliet in 2018 and then in 2022 she and Leonard Whiting sued. I wonder what the real story is there.
DeleteChanging times, Mitchell. What may be seen as a liberating attitude towards sex in 1968 comes across as sexual abuse now (for those who don't know what we're talking about, an underaged Whiting and Hussey, i.e., Romeo and Juliet, are briefly seen nude in a bedroom scene in the movie.) With every passing year, more and more people tell them it was abuse, and they've come to believe it.
DeleteOh, I absolutely agree and do think they were taken advantage at their young ages. However, she defended it strongly in 2018, 40 years later, and then 4 years after that they sued. That simply surprised me.
DeleteWhile I don't know of her, she was very attractive.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, her most famous role is that of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet. In addition, she played the Virgin Mary in Zeffirelli's 1977 mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. In between those two elegant films, she also appeared in the less-than-elegant early slasher classic, 1974's Black Christmas, in which she played a sorority sister whose plans for the holiday are, to say the least, dashed.
DeleteOh, I hadn't heard she died. RIP. Boy, that movie was a mega-blockbuster in its time.
ReplyDeleteA version of Shakespeare that capitalized on the baby-boom, Debra.
DeleteI saw she died. I remember watching Romeo and Juliet when I was studying it at school.
ReplyDeleteAnanka, I first saw it on a high school field trip, about 12 years after it was made.
DeleteTotally unfamiliar to me. I looked at her Wikipedia page and didn't recognize any of her movies (not unusual) and only on TV show where she only did one episode.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how many movies have been made that I've never heard of.
I'll try doing an obit on somebody more famous next time, Mike.
DeleteBoy, Mike, will I be doing an obit on somebody more famous! Stay tuned.
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