In an interview in The Sunday Times magazine, Brooke Shields shared shocking details in the documentary about her, Pretty Baby – the name inspired by the film that helped Brooke Shields become famous, and also started her career.
Brooke Shields cried about the trauma of being shaped into a `sex symbol` since she was less than 11 years old.
Born as the daughter of actor Teri Shields and businessman Frank Shields, Brooke had the opportunity to be exposed to the entertainment industry very early, when she was only 11 months old.
For a long time, Brooke blamed her mother for the severe trauma she had experienced in the past.
Not only that, Teri also allowed her daughter to participate in Pretty Baby (1978), in which Brooke played the role of a teenage prostitute.
Brooke Shields caused controversy with her role as a prostitute in Pretty Baby.
The 6X supermodel said at that time she felt uncomfortable with the skin contact scene and was scolded by the director.
According to Brooke, although she wanted to understand and justify her mother’s actions every time she was criticized by the media, she could not lie to herself and stop questioning why her mother felt okay with what she had to go through.
After that, Ms. Teri continued to let Brooke act in nude and sex scenes in Blue Lagoon and Endless Love in 1980. In the same year, Brooke appeared half-hidden, half-naked in a clothing advertising campaign.
When Brooke turned 16 and was already a global star, a photographer close to her family sold nude photos he had taken of the beauty when she was 10 years old.
Currently, looking back at the way she was `sexualized`, Brooke declared that she would never let her two daughters, Rowan (19 years old) and Grier (16 years old), see nude images or watch movies with `
In the documentary Pretty Baby, Brooke Shields also talks about the downside of having good looks and being famous too early.
She `went crazy` when the media called her by names such as `iconic American beauty`, `Desirable beauty`, `Most photographed woman in the world`… She
The praise made her feel for a long time that she was nothing more than a `pretty face.`
Brooke became famous in the 1980s thanks to her outstanding appearance.
The way Brooke built confidence in herself was to temporarily leave Hollywood to pursue an education at Princeton University.
At that time, she had an appointment with that man to discuss potential projects.
Brooke’s memories of being abused are also told in two documentary parts scheduled to air in early April.
Brooke’s mother passed away in 2012 after being immersed in alcohol.