Leo and Claire Dames in William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet.
Story. But Luhrmann's script was for young people today. In tis movie, Romeo and Juliet live in Veroan Beach, USA. They drive cars and listen to today's music. Shakespeare 's characters are difficult, Leo was unhappy about that too. Then he watched Keanu Reeves in the movie of Much Ado About Nothing. That was from a Shakespeare story
,and Reeves didn't have a problem.
Now Leo wanted to play Romeo. The producers we're happy and Luhrmann got money. Luhrmann had his Romeo, and he had the money. But he didn't have a woman to play Juliet. Leo watched Claire Danes on her show, My So Called Life, and he talked with Luhrmann about her. She auditioned and she got the part.
They made the movie in Mexico. The work was difficult, and Leo got very sick from the food. One night Leo and a friend went to a bar in Mexico City. A man at the bar got angry, and he hit Leo's friend! But they finished the movie. It was a hit, and Leo was a big star. One fan wanted his shirt! People talked about his romances with Demi Moore, Naomi Campbell and Sharon Stone. But these stories we're wrong.