Brooke Shields Opens Up About Controversial Filming Experiences in The Blue Lagoon

🤩 At just 14 years old, Brooke Shields took on the role of Emmeline Lestrange in the 1980 classic The Blue Lagoon, starring opposite Christopher Atkins, who played her cousin, Richard. 😮The actris now 59 and she has changed beyond recognition look how she looks now . The photos below! 👇

The storyline followed two cousins who found themselves stranded on a lush, remote island in the South Pacific. Over time, they adapted to their isolated life, eventually falling in love and having a child together.

While the film’s premise was already controversial, it drew additional criticism because of the actors’ ages. Shields was 14, and Atkins was 18 years her senior.

Speaking on her Now What? With Brooke Shields podcast, the actress reflected on the challenging aspects of filming. “We’ll never see a movie like that again,” she shared. “It just wouldn’t be acceptable.”

Atkins recalled their experiences on set, noting that the director, Randal Kleiser, emphasized the need for certain scenes and instructed the actors to tan their skin in sections to avoid tan lines.

“I remember wearing very little clothing in some scenes, like that slide moment,” Atkins said. “I found it awkward but just went along with it. Your reaction was always, ‘Ugh, no way.’”

Shields admitted that filming was difficult, revealing that the production team pressured her to develop romantic feelings for her co-star, even though she used a body double for specific scenes.

“They wanted us to fall in love so badly,” she recalled. “But I had never even kissed anyone at that age and didn’t know how to process those emotions.”

Her reflections echo sentiments shared in her 2023 documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields. In the film, she criticized how her “coming-of-age” was marketed, stating, “The irony was, I wasn’t in touch with my own maturity at all.”