«The exhibitors went out of their minds when they saw Jackie,» he said, according to the Nancy Griggin and Kim Masters book Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood, recalling a screening of the first ten minutes of the film for theatre owners. (filmfreakcentral.net)
After these films were announced to be a part of the competition, French theatre owners spoke out against the inclusion of the movies to the artistic director of Cannes, Thierry Fremaux. (independent.co.uk)
Lucy was a tenant of theatre owner Philip Henslowe and although Henslowe's acting company were rivals to the Lord's Chamberlain's Men, the company Shakespeare belonged to, he did also put on Shakespeare's plays and this, according to Dr Duncan Salkeld of University of Chichester in an article in The Independent in 2012, makes it highly likely that Shakespeare and Lucy would have crossed paths. (bookbrowse.com)