A Star-Crossed Casting: The Story of How Baz Luhrmann Found His Romeo
Some cinematic pairings feel like destiny. Think Bogart and Bergman in Casablanca or Hepburn and Tracy in, well, anything. In 1996, another iconic duo was forged when a young Leonardo DiCaprio was cast as Romeo Montague opposite of Claire Danes as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant, chaotic, and utterly brilliant adaptation of Romeo + Juliet….
