Claire Danes Reveals Leonardo DiCaprio's Prop Gun Warning at 17 on Romeo + Juliet Set
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Updated · IANS · Jun 13
Claire Danes Reveals Leonardo DiCaprio's Prop Gun Warning at 17 on Romeo + Juliet Set
3 articles · Updated · IANS · Jun 13
Summary
Claire Danes said Leonardo DiCaprio sharply warned her not to fool around with a prop gun when she was 17 and filming Juliet’s suicide scene in Romeo + Juliet.
Danes recalled putting the gun to her head playfully before the take, prompting DiCaprio, then 21, to tell her, “We don’t do that. Don’t eff around.”
She said the shoot was emotionally intense, and credited Baz Luhrmann’s “epic” staging with helping draw out the raw sob in the scene where Juliet finds Romeo dead.
The anecdote lands as prop-gun safety remains under scrutiny after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in the 2021 on-set Rust shooting.