The cult classic film, about shipwrecked teens Richard (Atkins) and Emmeline (Shields), who fall in love while trapped alone on a tropical island, heavily showcased the young actors’ onscreen chemistry. But the director of the movie wanted even more.
“She was great,” Atkins recalled of the actress and model. “I can't say enough good things about her. She was great. She turned 15 on the island. I mean, we kind of had a little romance in the beginning. And the director wanted us to have romance so it would show up on film.”
“He actually…I first got there, I lived on a ship because I had no place on the island. So I was in a ship for two weeks offshore,” Atkins shared. “He had put a picture of Brooke over my bunk on the boat so I would look at her every night before I went to sleep so I would fall in love, so it would show up on film. And yeah, we did have a little a little romance and everything on the island, but it was very innocent and sweet and yes, of course, I was very protective of her and a lot of these things.”
Atkins previously spoke about the attempt at an off-camera Blue Lagoon romance in an interview with Woman’s Day.
It was Shields, especially, who wasn’t having any of it.
She also wasn’t thrilled over wearing "little strips of clothing," and worse, the nude scenes that featured Atkins.
"I was like, 'Oh God, why do I have to look at this?'" Shields said. "'I've never seen one of those before, and I'm not going to start now!'"
Actors Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields in the 1980 film, Blue Lagoon. (Bettmann / Getty Images)Bettmann / Getty Images
“[He] said I had the right look and physique,” Atkins told Woman’s Day. “Randal envisaged a tanned Adonis with blond curly hair.”
Years later, Shields shared that she was bothered by some aspects of The Blue Lagoon.
"They wanted to sell my actual sexual awakening," Shields said. "The irony was, I wasn’t in touch with any of my own sexuality."
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