Why is there so much child nudity in Blue Lagoon?
The Director And Costume Designers Took Steps To Protect Shields. The people behind The Blue Lagoon knew they had to take some additional steps to protect Shields during filming because of her age. For scenes with partial nudity in Lagoon, Shields wore pasties glued to each breast.
Who was the baby in Blue Lagoon?
Chad Timmerman: Infant Paddy.
Was that Brooke Shields Real hair in Blue Lagoon?
We’re definitely fans of long hair, and although perhaps slightly impractical for the real world, Brooke’s pre-Raphaelite mane is perfect for island-life and was apparently even glued in place so she could wear it as a top (however we’d recommend steering clear of a glue-stick).
How did Blue Lagoon end?
The movie’s ending is enraging. It turns out the boy’s father has been sailing the South Seas for years, looking for the castaways, who meanwhile manage to set themselves adrift at open sea again (they lose their oars but never mind).
Are Richard and Emmeline dead?
There was another British adaptation in 1949. The sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) loosely picked up where The Blue Lagoon left off, except that Richard and Emmeline are found dead in the boat. Their son is rescued.
How old was Christopher Atkins Blue Lagoon?
18
Atkins was 18 when the movie was filmed, and he performed his own nude scenes (which included brief frontal nudity).
Are they alive in Blue Lagoon?
The first film adaptation of the book was the British silent 1923 film of that name. There was another British adaptation in 1949. The sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) loosely picked up where The Blue Lagoon left off, except that Richard and Emmeline are found dead in the boat. Their son is rescued.
Did they use a body double in Blue Lagoon?
And even though Shields and the film’s crew maintained that she used body doubles for nude scenes and that her hair had been glued to her chest to avoid exposing her breasts, it’s next to impossible to discuss The Blue Lagoon without the allegations of indecency arising.
How old is Richard Emmeline?
Plot. In the late Victorian period, two young cousins, nine-year-old Richard (Glenn Kohan as Young Richard) and seven-year-old Emmeline Lestrange (Elva Josephson as Young Emmeline), and a galley cook, Paddy Button (Leo McKern), survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific and reach a lush tropical island.
How old was Brooke Shields in ‘the Blue Lagoon’?
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Brooke Shields was just 14 years old when she filmed The Blue Lagoon, the infamously sexy and slightly salacious island-set romance that capitalized on burgeoning hormones in a big way. The film was shocking when it debuted on July 5, 1980—but even 40 years later, it can still make jaws drop.
Why did they put a picture of Brooke Shields on her bed?
Because the chemistry between the two leads was vital to the success of The Blue Lagoon, director Randal Kleiser (who also directed Grease) came up with the idea to get star Christopher Atkins feeling a little lovestruck with Shields by putting a picture of the young starlet over Atkins’s bed.
Did they use body doubles in the Blue Lagoon?
Even after The Blue Lagoon was long wrapped, completed, and released into theaters, issues related to Shields’s age at the time of filming still lingered. Years later, Shields testified before a U.S. Congressional inquiry that body doubles—of legal age—were used throughout filming.
Why did Lily Shields win the Razzie for the Blue Lagoon?
Despite its stellar source material and Oscar-nominated camerawork, The Blue Lagoon wasn’t beloved by everyone: The Razzies foisted a Worst Actress award on Shields. The actress won (lost? hard to tell?) over an extremely mixed bag of other nominees that somehow also included Shelley Duvall for The Shining.