Brooke Shields & Christopher Atkins Reflect on 'Blue Lagoon': 'It Wouldn't Be Allowed' Today

Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins are looking back on filming The Blue Lagoon.

The former co-stars were just 14 and 18-years-old when they made the movie, which is more controversial now than it was then.

Brooke brought Chris on her podcast for a chat about the movie, and both were in agreement that a film like it wouldn’t be made today.

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“Never again will a movie be made like that,” she shared on the program. “It wouldn’t be allowed…Animals were hurt in the movie. We were spearing fish and all kinds of crazy things. Children are naked running down a beach.”

Chris and Brooke also recalled that the studio were hoping to spark an real life relationship between them off the screen, in hopes of promoting the movie more.

“They wanted so desperately for us to fall in love with each other,” Brooke says, adding that she wasn’t comfortable “being forced into feeling anything.”

Chris added, “Which was probably great for the film because that’s what it was all about. You have to admit the chemistry between us was just amazing. There were a lot of great, great moments that went on there, and I think it was a lot of that innocence that came off in the film that made it work even more.”

He also spoke about feeling strange about being mostly naked in the movie, and in front of Brooke.

“After that movie it was hard to keep my clothes on,” he said. “There were scenes where I was butt naked with you, if you remember, sliding down that slide and things like that. And that was a little awkward, but it was kind of funny for me because at this point in time I would just do it. But your reaction was (makes annoying sounds).”

Listen to Brooke and Chris‘ entire conversation below:

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