Brooke Shields says that she felt "forced" to fall in love with her co-star "Blue Lagoon" at 14
Shields played alongside Christopher Atkins, 18, in the controversial film.
In 1980, at only 14 years old, Brooke Shields play in The blue lagoon , the controversial film on two cousins who find themselves blocked on an island after a sinking at the turn of the 20th century. Living outside of society, they grow up together and end up falling in love and having a child. In addition to the scandalous premise, the film also included the two young characters who moved without clothes, although Shields had a double body for completely naked scenes.
Now 57 years old, Shields has recently opened on a certain problematic aspect of the manufacture of The blue lagoon , apart from the scandalous nature of the film itself. In the episode of December 20 of his podcast, Now what? With Brooke Shields , the model and actor was joined by his co-star, Christopher Atkins , and she talked about the way she felt "forced" to also have romantic feelings for him off screen. Read the rest to discover what she and her co-star had to say about their infamous film.
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Shields said she felt the pressure of "falling in love" from Atkins.
During the episode of the podcast, Shields said: "What I remember too is that they wanted us to be desperately falling in love with each other." At the time of filming, Atkins was 18 years old and a high school student. On the age gap of 14 to 18, she said: "It's a world of difference."
To this, Atkins replied: "It's a world of difference. You grew up, I mean, my God."
She felt that she was "forced" by the filmmakers.
Shields then explained that she did not want to be "forced to feel anything" by the adults who made the film.
"It also struck me too, because I remember thinking:" Hey, let's get to know us first rather than trying to make us fall in love and force the situation "", she said . "And I did not react well to be forced to feel anything. In a way, I wanted to be a little left to myself. But I was too - I don't think I kissed anyone, really, at this age. ""
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Atkins revealed how their director encouraged them to take an interest in each other.
In an interview of 2013 for Oprah: Where are they now? , Atkins spoke of Work with shields and claimed director Randal Keizer had a unique tactic to encourage chemistry between them.
"I was 18 years old and Brooke Shields was 14 years old, and the director wanted us to be attracted to each other," said Atkins. "He stuck a photo of her on my berth on the boat when I was for the first time there so that I could start to become attracted by her. He said, "He will go out in your eyes, he will be released in real time on the film. '"
He also suggested that there was a real flirt between him and Shields at the start. "Brooke and I had a bit of a kind of romantic and innocent romance at the very beginning of the film," he said. "It was very pleasant - we were very, very close friends, I said that in this way."
Shields' mother was also in favor of the relationship.
Atkins explained that when they were running together at Fiji, Shields' mother, Teri shields , was also invested in their dynamics.
"She essentially wanted you to be horses and in boys in a way," he said, and added, "for the love of the film, she wanted us to be closer to each other. ""
Shields said, "We have never talked about this. It's a crazy position to settle down."
Atkins explained: "You were the closest person to my age at the time. I was 18 years old. I had just been 18 when we went there." He added: "Of course, I was very attracted to you, because you were so intelligent and you were so kind and kind, and at the same time, you would also say it like that."
They know that the film could not be made today.
Aside from history and nudity, the actors have also shared other aspects of production which would not occur in the same way today.
"Never again a film will be done like that. Never. It would not be authorized," said Shields on his podcast.
Atkins sounded, "Oh my god, no. Animals were injured in the film. We are launching fish and all kinds of crazy things. The children are naked on a beach. You just couldn't do that now . " He also explained that they were both injured by the coral in the ocean, had insect bites and were designed to climb coconut. "People don't know any of this," said the actor. "It is not easy."
