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Tom Holland's 'Romeo & Juliet' Co-Star Bombarded With 'Racial Abuse' Over Her Role, Director Responds

Actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is starring as Juliet opposite Holland in the Jamie Lloyd Company production.

Jamie Lloyd shared a statement condemning the harassment after his theater company announced the full cast of its upcoming run at London's Duke of York's Theatre. The cast includes Holland (Romeo), Amewudah-Rivers (Juliet), Freema Agyeman (nurse), Michael Balogun (friar), Tomiwa Edun (Capulet), Mia Jerome (Montague), Daniel Quinn-Toye (Count Paris) and Ray Sesay (Tybalt). The new production of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy will mark Holland's return to the stage for the first time since he made his debut in Billy Elliot: The Musical when he was only 12 years old.

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