Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor on ‘terrifying prospect’ of Romeo & Juliet

Jessie Buckley as Juliet and Josh O’Connor as Romeo (National Theatre)

Josh O’Connor has described the “terrifying prospect” of starring in a new version of Romeo & Juliet filmed inside the National Theatre for television.

The Crown actor stars opposite Chernobyl actress Jessie Buckley for the production, which saw the stage spaces of the Lyttleton theatre temporarily transformed into a film studio for the first time to create a new telling of Shakespeare’s tragic romance.