Brooke Shields' 'Pretty Baby' documentary: 7 wildest revelations
04.04.2023 - 08:11
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Brooke Shields has been in Hollywood since before she could walk, appearing in her first commercial for Ivory Soap at 11 months old. Now, the 57-year-old is sharing the secrets about her life and career in her Hulu documentary, "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields." Leading up to the documentary's release, Shields didn't hold back. She spoke about everything from her sexualized roles in "Pretty Baby" and "Blue Lagoon," to her mother’s emotional abuse and alcoholism, to her own rocky love life.
Read on for Shields' biggest revelations. Sexualization at a young age Shields has discussed being sexualized at a young age due to roles like "Pretty Baby" and "Blue Lagoon." In "Pretty Baby" – which her documentary title references – Shield portrayed a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel who eventually made her way into prostitution. In "Blue Lagoon," Shields played a teenager stranded on an island with her co-star, Christopher Atkins, where they shot nude scenes.
Shields was just 14 years old when she filmed the movie while her co-star was 18. The same year she shot "Blue Lagoon," she also became the youngest person to cover Vogue magazine. When the actress was 15, she famously starred in the now-iconic 1980 Calvin Klein jeans ad campaign in which her tagline was: "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." The fashion shoot, directed by Richard Avedon, caused an uproar over perceived sexual innuendo in the teen’s performance.
"I was away when [the campaign] came out, and then I started hearing that the commercials were being banned," Shields told Vogue in 2021. "The paparazzi would scream at me and my mother, ‘How could you!’" she recalled. "It just struck me as so ridiculous." "I didn’t think it was about
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