Director of ""Romeo Must Die"" Andrzej Bartkowiak reveals his thoughts behind the transformation of the Shakespearian classic, """Romeo and Juliet""". I have forever had a fascination with the Shakespearian play ""Romeo and Juliet"". ... The degree of violence in ""Romeo and Juliet"" is also an aspect I have changed in my adaptation. ... In ""Romeo Must Die"" there is no overruling power figure to inflict lawful order in the society, as the Price does in ""Romeo and Juliet"". ... Romeo has been transformed into Han and Juliet, Trish. ...

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