She said, "I was a Pawn, I wasn't a Piece, I was a Commodity," about her time in the film before sharing her thoughts on #MeToo.

Brooke Shields claims that "The Blue Lagoon's" director called her after Brooke Shields made comments about the film during her Hulu documentary "Pretty Baby, Brooke Shields."

During Tuesday's episode on "The Drew Barrymore Show", the actress, who was promoting the documentary, recalled getting a call from Randal Kleiser. She accused Randal of exploiting her in order to market the 1980 film.

Barrymore raised the question when Shields asked Shields if any male directors who had directed her in her first films "reached out" after her documentary was released. She named Franco Zeffirelli and Louis Malle as "Pretty Baby" directors.

Shields, 57, noted then that Zeffirelli and Malle had died before Barrymore. 48-year-old Shields pointed out that Kleiser is still living. The "Suddenly Susan" star responded that Kleiser had called her, but she didn’t answer the phone.

"I saw his phone number and was like, What do you do?' Shields laughed and said, "I let it go to voicemail," because I was like, "I want to hear what the tone is."

She said, "He wants us to chat, but I don’t know what it is about, so I don’t feel like bringing it back up." It was fun, it was loving at times, but it was me that was there. I was a pawn. I was a piece. I was a commodity.

. Drew talks to @brookeshields about the way Drew was called by "Blue Lagoon's" director after her #hulu documentary, "PrettyBaby".
For more information, tune in TOMORROW (4/11), pic.twitter.com/Umj8meNk7U

-- Drew Barrymore Show (@DrewBarrymoreTV), April 10, 2023

The story of Emmeline (Shields), and Richard Lestrange, (Christopher Atkins), who find themselves stranded on an island in the Caribbean. The pair experiences puberty together and eventually fall in love.

Shields, who was just 14 when she starred as the young love interest in "The Blue Lagoon," said that her documentary had been filmed and "they wanted it to be a reality TV show." They wanted to sell me my sexual awakening."

She added, "The irony is that I wasn't in contact with any of my sexuality."

During Barrymore's appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show", Shields and Barrymore also shared their thoughts about #MeToo, including why they felt they couldn’t talk openly about their personal experiences earlier.

Barrymore appeared to be emotional, saying, "How did you feel about #MeToo?"

"How did that movement impact you? Did you feel like it was something you could talk to?" Shields was then asked by her, and she replied, "No, because it wasn't clear where I fit on the spectrum." Because I felt culpable and you victim shamed yourself, I don't know how to interpret my experiences."

She said, "But we were so little," and she continued, "and it seemed appropriate that we just, we just, we just, couldn't feel sorry for, I didn’t know what it meant, I didn’t know. And so, when it was called to me as such, I was like, "No, not going there." It didn't happen.

Barrymore, mother to Olive, 10 and Frankie (8-years old), said that she felt the exact same way. She added that she now looks back at her past differently after having her children.

"I felt like my experiences were too gray and awkward. I don't know if I was wrong at the time. I guess as an adult with hindsight as a mother of daughters she said. Shields then added.

"As a mother to daughters, that's what helps with it," stated the "Wanda Nevada” star. She shares Rowan, 19, and Grier (16) with husband Chris Henchy. "But the ownership or the reality of it, it never was in me so I just shoved it under the carpet."

Brooke Shields is streaming "Pretty Baby" on Hulu.

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Title: Brooke Shields Dodging Blue Lagoon Director Calls After Documentary Comments About Film
Sourced From: www.toofab.com/2023/04/11/brooke-shields-says-blue-lagoon-director-reached-out-after-documentary-release/
Published Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:06:55 +0000

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