]With brilliant forethought, Zeffirelli gambled by filling he two starring lead roles with two young unknown and fresh-faced eenage actors: 15-year old Olivia Hussey as the stunningly beautiful, dark-haired Juliet (just a few years older than Shakespeare""s Juliet - a "fortnight and odd days" from 14), and 17-year old, slender and blue-eyed Leonard Whiting as Romeo.She was kneeling down and praying silently before a Madonna statue sitting on a high ledge, and was unresponsive to him.Look what it got him." There was no wallet or ID on the body, however, and no witnesses to the recently-committed crime.The Sheriff speculated that the killer might be a passing hitchhiker and ordered Officer Wood to check out he train depot and the pool hall.Heathcliff: You mean Peniston Crag?Cathy: Yes.Heathcliff: Aw, that""s just a rock.Cathy: If you can""t see that that""s a castle, you""ll never be a prince, Heathcliff.Here, take your lance and charge.(She hands him the riding whip) See that black knight waiting at the drawbridge - Challenge him! Now charge.