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The Sydney Morning Herald
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 Oct 26
How mother-daughter dates became the red carpet trend of the year: Catherine Martin Luhrmann is following in celebrity footsteps, set to attend Crown Oaks Day ...
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How mother-daughter dates became the red carpet trend of the year
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people.com Oct 18
Jamie Kennedy Says Baz Luhrmann Changed the Opening Scene in Romeo + Juliet at the Last Minute Since He ‘Couldn’t Hit My Mark’
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Jamie Kennedy Says Baz Luhrmann Changed the Opening Scene in Romeo + ...
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ComingSoon by Mandatory Oct 06
Rachel Zegler Recalls the Intense Audition That Landed Her Coveted Evita Role: Rachel Zegler gets candid about the intense audition she had to go through to land ...
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Rachel Zegler Recalls the Intense Audition That Landed Her Coveted Evita ...
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El País
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 Sep 24
The miracle of ‘Romeo + Juliet’: How Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes and Baz Luhrmann reinvented Shakespeare
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The miracle of ‘Romeo + Juliet’: How Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes and ...
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Elle
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 Apr 01
Sadie Sink Channels Claire Danes’s Romeo + Juliet Style in Prada: To celebrate her West End debut in the iconic play, the actress riffed on the movie’s most ...
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Sadie Sink Channels Claire Danes’s Romeo + Juliet Style in Prada
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Den of Geek Mar 05
Baz Luhrmann Nearly Made a Silver Surfer Movie: Baz Luhrmann has revealed that he was offered the reins to a Silver Surfer movie before directing Romeo + Juliet.
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Baz Luhrmann Nearly Made a Silver Surfer Movie
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 Feb 15
Why ‘Wuthering Heights’ Is the New ‘Romeo + Juliet’: This is middle-school steamy romance at its finest.
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Why ‘Wuthering Heights’ Is the New ‘Romeo + Juliet’
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Nerdist Jan 26
Kaiju Go Full Shakespeare in ROMEO & JULIET AND GODZILLA Comic: The King of the Monsters will stomp through fair Verona in new Romeo & Juliet and Godzilla ...
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Kaiju Go Full Shakespeare in ROMEO & JULIET AND GODZILLA Comic
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 Sep 14 25
A magazine photo of Leonardo DiCaprio convinced Baz Luhrmann he was the only Romeo: 'The rest is history'
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A magazine photo of Leonardo DiCaprio convinced Baz Luhrmann he was the ...
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CBR Mar 19 23
Why Natalie Portman Was Fired From Romeo + Juliet: Before Claire Danes, Natalie Portman was initially cast to play Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's take on the ...
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Why Natalie Portman Was Fired From Romeo + Juliet
Key FactsClaire Danes Replaced Natalie Portman as Juliet
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  • In the mid-1990s, Natalie Portman was initially cast as 13-year-old Juliet in Baz Luhrmann’s film.

  • After 21-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio was cast as Romeo, Luhrmann decided to recast Juliet with an older actress.

  • Claire Danes was 17 during filming and took over the role of Juliet.

  • Romeo + Juliet grossed more than $147 million worldwide and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction.
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