Editing Tromeo and Juliet (section)

==Production==
The first draft of ''Tromeo & Juliet'' surfaced in 1992,<ref name="Noble">{{cite web |last1=Noble |first1=Cody |title=Tromeo and Juliet: An Interview with Lloyd Kaufman and Willie Wiseley |url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/tromeo-and-juliet-an-interview-with-lloyd-kaufman-and-willie-wisely/ |website=Diabolique Magazine |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=March 30, 2022 |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503122937/https://diaboliquemagazine.com/tromeo-and-juliet-an-interview-with-lloyd-kaufman-and-willie-wisely/ |url-status=live }}</ref> written by Kaufman and Troma employees Andy Deemer and Phil Rivo, written entirely in Shakespearean verse and supposedly featuring The Toxic Avenger as a side character. The feedback from other Troma employees and Michael Herz was unanimously negative, so the idea was scrapped.

In 1995, another shot was taken at the concept, this time by newbie screenwriter [[James Gunn]].<ref name="Haffner">{{cite web |last1=Haffner |first1=Michael |title=Exclusive: Interview with Writer and Director James Gunn |url=https://www.destroythebrain.com/news/interviews-news/exclusive-interview-with-writer-and-director-james-gunn |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=DestroyTheBrain.com |date=May 12, 2011 |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503122937/https://www.destroythebrain.com/news/interviews-news/exclusive-interview-with-writer-and-director-james-gunn |url-status=live }}</ref> Gunn completely rewrote the script, again in Shakespearean verse, making it darker and far more obscene;<ref>{{cite web |title=James Gunn Looks Back at the Making of 'Tromeo & Juliet' |url=https://theultimaterabbit.com/2017/04/28/james-gunn-looks-back-at-the-making-of-tromeo-juliet/ |website=theultimaterabbit.com |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=April 28, 2017 |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418014027/https://theultimaterabbit.com/2017/04/28/james-gunn-looks-back-at-the-making-of-tromeo-juliet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the original version had Juliet as a stripper and Tromeo as a crack dealer. Another revision, with additional material by Kaufman, was crafted into what the film eventually became: the verse was trimmed down and more comical elements were added.

''Tromeo and Juliet'' was shot in the summer of 1995 for $350,000, one of the most expensive films in Troma history.

Director [[Lloyd Kaufman]] said that, in preparation for their sex scene, he gave Will Keenan and [[Jane Jensen (musician)|Jane Jensen]] time during pre-production to block the scene themselves. "I wanted them to develop a very intense relationship and indeed they did. But they decided that they shouldn't actually have off-screen intercourse until after the movie. I don't remember whether they ever did but this gave their on-screen scenes together terrific sexual tension and was something a sex-crazed pervert like me would never have thought of in a zillion years," Kaufman said."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8IIwGgReVGIC&pg=PA180 |title=Make Your Own Damn Movie |last1=Kaufman |first1=Lloyd |last2=Jahnke |first2=Adam |last3=Haaga |first3=Trent |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |year=1997 |page=180 |isbn=9781429976138 |access-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513100443/https://books.google.com/books?id=8IIwGgReVGIC&pg=PA180 |url-status=live }}</ref>