Few faces have been extra ubiquitous. Within the early Nineteen Eighties, Brooke Shields was probably the most well-known teenager within the nation, gracing journal covers, showing in advertisements, starring in motion pictures — and producing controversy.
Even earlier than she declared that nothing got here between her and her Calvins, the younger star had shocked the world by portraying a 12-year-old prostitute within the 1978 movie Fairly Child (which lends its title to Hulu’s two-part documentary premiering Monday, April 3).
In candid interviews, the eloquent Shields particulars the ups and downs of life as an icon and divulges painful truths, reminiscent of postpartum despair, a sexual assault, and her loving however strained relationship together with her alcoholic mom, Teri.
Listed here are three extra of many desirable stops alongside the best way.
1. Cameras had been rolling for her first kiss.
On the set of Fairly Child, director Louis Malle was pissed off she was scrunching up her face up for her character’s first kiss with the photographer performed by Keith Carradine, 29. No surprise: At 11, Shields had by no means been kissed. In the end, she recollects, the actor pulled her apart to reassure her.
“‘Hey,’ he stated to me. ‘You already know what? This doesn’t rely. That is all make-believe.’”
2. Michael Jackson needed to undertake together with her.
Acquainted with the challenges of being former youngster stars, Shields and the King of Pop turned mates.
“We each had been fairly juvenile in some methods,” Shields recollects, however Jackson prompt they undertake and lift a toddler collectively. He additionally gave interviews intimating they had been in a relationship.
“I known as him and stated, ‘What are you doing? I’m really at present with a boyfriend in New York Metropolis!’” The 2 would finally lose contact.
3. Her relationship with Andre Agassi started by fax.
Filming in Africa, Shields says she would take a Jeep to a distant radio tower to fax the tennis participant “lengthy letters. We talked so overtly about our fears and being public figures.”
She credit him with inspiring her to recommit to appearing, resulting in a Buddies spot, then the sitcom Abruptly Susan. Their 1997 marriage resulted in divorce lower than two years later, however Shields quickly discovered love with writer-producer Chris Henchy: “He made me simply really feel price all of it.”
Fairly Child: Brooke Shields, Two-Half Documentary Premiere, Monday, April 3, 2023, Hulu
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