Director Carlo Carre hopes that the film will show a completely different look from previous versions, so he specially invited the screenwriter Julian Felos to act as the script adaptor, and Felos is especially good at adapting works of costume themes. This adaptation of "Roméo Juliette" will respect the original spirit of Shakespeare's tragedy.
The director chose Hailee Steinfeld, who was only 16 years old, to play Juliet, because the 1968 version of "Roméo Juliette" was also co-produced by the United Kingdom and Italy. The heroine Olivia Hersey was regarded as the classic Juliet on the big screen. She only played this role. 16 years old, is also the closest to the original age of all previous versions of Juliet in the film
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