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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Barnett

Do we need another big-screen version of Romeo and Juliet?

Julian Fellowes, writer of Downton Abbey, is to turn his class-obsessed eye on Romeo and Juliet. Shooting starts in Verona and Siena in August; Hailee Steinfeld, star of True Grit, will play Juliet, with controversy already raging over Fellowes' script, which reportedly calls on her to strip off. Burberry model Douglas Booth is Romeo, while Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick plays Tybalt. But do we need another big-screen adaptation, after at least three other sets of star-cross'd lovers?

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