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In this video, John Leguizamo shares that he loves that so many young people got into Shakespeare thanks to Baz Luhrmann's 1996 'William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet' in which he played Tybalt. When asked if he feels he's gotten his flowers for his role in the beloved film, the 'Odyssey' star tells EW he sees all the posts fans still tag him in on Instagram.

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00:00Romeo and Juliet, you know, people do love it and I do get a lot of tags and a lot
00:04of collabs on the gram.
00:07I know lots of kids were turned on to Shakespeare because of that movie as well as, you know, the
00:12Odyssey now is bringing literature back to the screen, is making humanities important again.
00:20I love that movies have that kind of influence that make the world a better literate place and make it
00:25a better place.
00:26I do feel like Romeo and Juliet, you know, people do love it and I do get a lot of
00:31tags and a lot of collabs on the gram because of it.
00:36So I guess maybe I'm getting my flowers now.
00:39Peace? I hate the word.

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