As Brooke Shields considers why her mother permitted her to participate in intimate scenes when she was just 11 years old, she breaks down.
Since she appeared in an Ivory Soap commercial when she was just 11 months old, the 57-year-old actress has been in the spotlight almost since birth.
She later went on to start modeling as a child before switching to a career in film.
Shields has since remembered one of her earlier roles, though.
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Shields appeared in the movie Beautiful Baby at the age of 11.
The 1978 film centers on Violet, a 12-year-old girl raised in a brothel who Shields portray.
Despite garnering favorable reviews, the movie generated a lot of controversies because it s**ualized the kid actor.
For instance, there are moments when Shields kisses Keith Carradine, 29, while she is nude.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Brooke Shields discusses her relationship with her mother, Teri Shields, an actress and model who was okay with her nude recording sequences in her upcoming two-part documentary Brooke Shields: Beautiful Baby, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
To not defend my mother to them was difficult for me, but when they pressed the issue, Shields said, “Oh God, I have to admit this.” But I don’t see why she felt it was acceptable.
“Well, I guess I could say, ‘Oh, it was the period, back then,’ or ‘Oh, it was art.
“But, I’m not sure why she believed it was okay. I’m not sure.
Shields won’t allow her kids to see the movie, but the actress’s mother watched her shoot the nude scene.
Shields has long disavowed responsibility for her mother’s actions in permitting Shields to pose in a playboy magazine at the age of 10.
Shields didn’t feel comfortable talking about how uncomfortable she was until her mother passed away in 2012.
“I don’t see why she believed it was acceptable. The Beautiful Baby actress says, “I don’t know.
Brooke Shields would continue to be s**ualized as a kid star in the future.
Shields appeared in the movies Blue Lagoon and Endless Love shortly after Pretty Baby, which contained intimate and nude sequences.
She was the youngest cover model of Vogue when she adorned its cover at the age of 14.
Then, at age 15, she appeared as a model in a contentious Calvin Klein Jeans advertisement with the provocative tagline: “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvin’s? Nothing.”
