'Romeo and Juliet' Premiere: Hailee Steinfeld, Taylor Swift Celebrate Classic Romance

Hailee Steinfeld and Taylor Swift

Romeo and Juliet star Hailee Steinfeld, on the red carpet with singer Taylor Swift, dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live prior to the Los Angeles premiere on Sept. 24.

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'Romeo and Juliet' Group

Screenwriter/producer Julian Fellowes, Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth and Kodi Smit-McPhee gathered at Hollywood's Arclight Cinemas for the premiere of the latest take on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which is set in Renaissance Verona but does not employ Shakespeare's traditional dialogue.

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Hailee Steinfeld

“I can see that somebody in Juliet’s situation chooses to do that, but I don’t know that I would ever do the same,” the True Grit actress told THR at the Sept. 24 premiere of her character's drastic choices in the name of love.

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Taylor Swift

Singer Taylor Swift — who has related her song "Love Story" to the story of Romeo and Juliet — showed her support for the Relativity adaptation, supporting friend and star Hailee Steinfeld, who plays Juliet opposite Douglas Booth's Romeo.

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Douglas Booth, Hailee Steinfeld and Kodi Smit-McPhee

Romeo and Juliet stars Douglas Booth, Hailee Steinfeld and Kodi Smit-McPhee stayed close at the film's premiere. “Many of the stories that our generation are obsessed with today, like Twilight, draw inspiration from the original love story that is Romeo and Juliet, which was made hundreds of years ago,” Booth told THR.

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Ed Westwick

Gossip Girl alum Ed Westwick, who plays Tybalt, kept it classy in a plum-colored suit at the Sept. 24 premiere.

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Carlo Carlei

Director Carlo Carlei stepped out to celebrate his film's debut.

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Bailee Madison

Actress Bailee Madison, who stars in ABC's rookie comedy Trophy Wife, attended the Romeo and Juliet premiere in Hollywood.

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Nathalie Rapti Gomez

In the Carlo Carlei-directed movie, Nathalie Rapti Gomez plays Rosaline, the niece of Capulet and the one Romeo falls in love with before meeting Juliet in Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.

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Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth

Romeo and Juliet's leading stars Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth posed together on the carpet.

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Julian Fellowes and Emma Kitchener-Fellowes

Writer/producer Julian Fellowes arrived to the star-studded scene with his wife, Emma Kitchener-Fellowes.

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Douglas Booth

Douglas Booth, who plays Romeo, stars opposite Hailee Steinfeld.

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