How old is Leo Romeo?

But the actors in Luhrmann’s version, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, aged 21 and 17 at the time of filming, are even more luminous than Zeffirelli’s gorgeously youthful duo, and in today’s context, their performances are even more touching than they were 25 years ago.

Was Leonardo DiCaprio a Romeo?

Leonardo DiCaprio starred as Romeo in Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of Romeo + Juliet, which hit theaters 25 years ago. Even though it was early in his career — and he was only 21 at the time — DiCaprio had a lot of input into Luhrmann’s modern retelling of the Shakespearean story.

When was Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo?

Back in 1996, in what was a pre-Titanic world, nothing was hotter than the pairing of Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the titular star-crossed lovers in William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet.

What version of Romeo and Juliet has Leonardo DiCaprio?

Never was a story of more woe Baz Luhrmann’s energetic adaptation of Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the star-crossed lovers, hit theaters on Nov. 1, 1996, joining a long line of cinematic reinterpretations of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy.