![]() ![]() Apparently Natalie Portman auditioned for the role of Juliet. While looking at the trivia for Luhrman’s movie, I learned something interesting. Better than trying to imagine 13yr old Tybalt saying, “I hate the word as I hate Hell….” Update! Juliet can be young and be the smart one. Romeo can be older and still be rash and impetuous. I don’t need to make her older to justify anything, and I don’t need to make Romeo younger to get it to balance out. ![]() That she’s 13, surrounded by people generations older than her, is quite impressive. But honestly I’m cool with it (the age difference, not the pedophilia!) The more I read the play, the more I appreciate that Juliet is the most mature person in it. I can just imagine R&J being closed down because it promotes pedophilia or something. It wouldn’t stage well these days to point out that age difference, of course. ![]() And often I think that we then make the leap and assume that Romeo is 13 as well.īut that’s hardly true, is it? Would that imply that Mercutio, Tybalt and Paris are also all about 13? Surely it was the case that men simply chose younger wives ( Capulet is much older than his wife, is he not?), and actually we can assume that Romeo and the others are what, maybe late teens, early 20’s? How old is Romeo? Sure, we all know that Juliet is 13, the Nurse comes right out and tells us. ![]() Mercutio Drew First Merchandise Now Available! ![]()
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