Just when you’d written your last letter to Juliet and cleaned up your star-crossed gnomes , in comes one more retooled Romeo and Juliet called The Locals . In the upcoming indie , director/writer Sue Kramer treats the Montagues and Capulets to “a Jewish/Italian twist.” Shirley MacLaine, who just titillated us with fabulous anecdotes at the LA Film Festival , is the first cast in the film, and Vera Farmiga and Alan Arkin are in talks to join her. But who will she play?
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Shirley MacLaine Joins Italian/Jewish Romeo and Juliet Film — But Who As?
