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‘Romeo & Juliet’ stars sue over 1968 film’s teen nude scene

FILE - Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting speak in a Paris hotel on Sept. 19, 1968, about the British film "Romeo and Juliet". The two stars of 1968's “Romeo and Juliet” sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, over a nude scene in the film shot when they were teens. (AP Photo/Jean-Jacques Levy, File)

FILE - "Romeo and Juliette" movie director Franco Zeffirelli, left, actors Olivia Hussey, center, and Leonard Whiting are seen after the Parisian premiere of the film in Paris on Sept. 25, 1968. The two stars of 1968's “Romeo and Juliet” sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, over a nude scene in the film shot when they were teens. (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas, File)

FILE - Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who are playing the title roles in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet," place flowers on the "Tomba di Giulietta", or the Tomb of Juliet, in Verona, northern Italy, on Oct. 22, 1968. The two stars of 1968's “Romeo and Juliet” sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, over a nude scene in the film shot when they were teens. (AP Photo/File)

‘Romeo & Juliet’ stars sue over 1968 film’s teen nude scene