York added that the location also added to the danger of the fight.
We did learn this damn fight, he recalled.
Of course, the effect is stunning.
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.Credit: Everett Collection
But I dont know how many times I came close to slaughtering [Leonard].
He could see we were superficially cutting each other, York said.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
The trio also spoke fondly of Zeffirellis artistry as a director.
Zeffirelli also hand-picked each of the extras and sought to arrange them like figures in a Renaissance painting.
He would say, Im not really a filmmaker.
