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Orlando Bloom to Make Broadway Debut as Romeo

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Orlando Bloom will make his Broadway debut in a new production of Romeo & Juliet.

The 36-year-old actor will star as the tragic hero Romeo in director David Leveaux's staging of William Shakespeare's classic love story, which will begin previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York on August 24 with an official opening date of September 19. Condola Rashad will play Juliet in the production, but director David insists he isn't trying to make a political point by casting a black actress in the role opposite a white actor as Romeo.

"They could have been any number of different ethnicities. The two actors I wanted to be together producing sparks just happened to be those two and I followed my nose in casting the families. There was nothing simple about that choice but I'm not about to turn a contemporary version of Shakespeare into a sociological or political point. We know there are families from one background or another who would reject their children getting together with someone from another group. Romeo and Juliet reject that notion. It is still the case that children try to oppose the cultural expectations thrust upon them, the rigidity of tribes, the rigidity of fundamentalism," he told The New York Times.

Elizabeth Olsen to Star in ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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Elizabeth Olsen is set to star in an off Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet.

The 24-year-old actress will make her on-stage leading role debut as Juliet in the Classic Stage Company's production, which will open the company's 2013-14 season later this year, according to E! News.

Although Elizabeth's older siblings are actresses and designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen she previously insisted they never tell her how to behave or get ahead in her career: "It's always felt as though Mary-Kate and Ashley have been women, while I've been the kid. But we're very close and I look up to them a lot. I wasn't really affected by their fame until I went to college. People would expect me to be partying and all sorts of stuff. It was really strange. We've never had a conversation about [fame], but I learn by example. They try to keep their lives private and they work their asses off. People have this idea of them swanning around the world, partying, but they're at an office every day - I wouldn't be able to do what they do. They have so much pressure on them. They tell me, 'It's all about being happy with what you're working on and trying to be the best at it that you can be.'"

One Direction Want to Remake Romeo and Juliet

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One Direction want to make their own big screen version of Romeo and Juliet with Niall Horan playing the female lead.

The boy band - who were formed on UK TV talent show The X Factor - would love to branch out into movies and have their sights set on putting their own twist on William Shakespeare's classic romantic tragedy, which tells the story of star-crossed lovers who take their lives after their families ban them from seeing each other.

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Lily Collins in Talks For Rosaline

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Lily Collins is in negotiations to star in Romeo and Juliet story Rosaline.

The Mirror Mirror star - who is the daughter of singer Phil Collins - has entered talks to star in Michael Sucsy's take on the novel by Rebecca Serles, which sees the classic Shakespeare story re-told through the eyes of Romeo's spurned lover. Lily would play Juliet in the movie, Variety reports.

Deborah Ann Woll and Dave Franco are reportedly in negotiations to play leading roles in the film, which is set in a modern-day high school.

Hailee Steinfeld was at one point thought to be taking part, but a deal was never completed.

Lily's schedule has since been opened up after she failed to complete talks to star in the new Evil Dead remake and fantasy epic The Mortal Instruments was put on hold.