Teenage actress Hailee Steinfeld was reportedly set bare all when she stars in the new Romeo and Juliet film. A copy of screenwriter Julian Fellowes' script reveals the 14-year-old's character will have to strip off.
However, the film’s director, Carlo Carlei, told Entertainment Weekly the script has been revised for Hailee.
“In the original adaptation…there was a lovemaking scene that included nudity for the married Romeo and Juliet. This script was written with a 20-year-old actress in mind,” he said. “As soon as Hailee Steinfeld was cast, all nudity and lovemaking have been excised from the script. It will be romantic and age-appropriate for a 14-year-old.”
In the meantime, Fellowes has insisted that the True Grit star is a perfect person to take the role - and the script will adhere to William Shakespeare's original premise.
He told British newspaper The Sunday Times: "I wanted Hailee because she is the perfect age. Juliet is at that stage of what you might call a child/woman. Just like Hailee herself is. "[It's] about that first love affair. We all remember it, don't we? There is never a love again like it
