Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Aaliyah, Kate Winslet, and Christina Ricci were considered for Juliet. Gellar's commitment to La valle dei pini (1970) interfered, Aaliyah didn't feel she was ready to step into acting yet, and Hewitt was considered too youthful-looking. Natalie Portman was also considered and even flew to director Baz Luhrmann's hometown, Sydney, to film scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio, when 20th Century Fox couldn't quite visualize the director's off-the-wall concept. Luhrmann says, "Although she's a fantastic young actor, she's a tiny little girl and Leonardo's six feet tall. He's 21, but can look 18. She made him look all of 21, and it just became obscene." Portman's version is this: "They said it looked like Leonardo was molesting me when we kissed. It was really disappointing, but I wouldn't have wanted to be in the movie and have it look wrong. If I was in the film, I would have wanted it to be perfect." Paul Rudd, who played Juliet's would-be fiancé Paris, was 26 at the time of filming.

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