 In April 2020, McCartney referred to his discussions with Zeffirelli on the Howard Stern's show.The director engaged in a worldwide search for unknown teenage actors to play the parts of the two lovers.17 year-old Anjelica Huston was in the running for Juliet, but her father, the director John Huston, withdrew her from consideration when he decided to cast her in his own film, "A Walk With Love and Death".