Summary
Olivia Hussey, best known for playing Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, has died at 73.
Hussey passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones. Cast at age 15, she earned a Golden Globe for her role in the Oscar-winning film.
Later in life, she and co-star Leonard Whiting sued Paramount over alleged abuse during nude scenes, but the case was dismissed in 2023.
Born in Argentina, Hussey also starred in Jesus of Nazareth and Death on the Nile. She is survived by her family.
It took until 2017 for universally accepted for decades rapist Harvey Weinstein to even get fired. It took until 2018 before he was charged.
The contest of whether being a successful white man who doesn’t rock the boat should enable you to do literally whatever you want, is still very much up in the air in this country. There have been a few victories and hooray, but it’s not over, and we’re about to have one hell of a setback for it.
I remember reading that James Gandolfini would avoid calls from and threatened to beat up Weinstein, when post sopranos he was being courted for roles. He definitely knew something was going on and didn’t like it or want anything to do with the guy
Yep, and it seems like many of David Lynch’s movies either touched the subject or were centered on it (Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire).
Yeah. It was an open secret since the 1990s at least.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein_sexual_abuse_cases#Background