“The suit alleges that Zeffirelli — who died in 2019 — assured both actors that there would be no nudity in the film, and that they would wear flesh-colored undergarments in the bedroom scene. But in the final days of filming, the director allegedly implored them to perform in the nude with body makeup, ‘or the Picture would fail.'”
“In a 2018 interview with Variety, Hussey defended the nude scene. ‘Nobody my age had done that before,’ she said, adding that Zeffirelli shot it tastefully. ‘It was needed for the film.’
In another 2018 interview with Fox News, she said that the scene was ‘taboo’ in America, but that nudity was already common in European films at the time. ‘It wasn’t that big of a deal,’ she said. ‘And Leonard wasn’t shy at all! In the middle of shooting, I just completely forgot I didn’t have clothes on.'”
So why the change in heart? Simple … $$$
“They are seeking damages ‘believed to be in excess of $500 million.’”