Brooke Shields reveals she was raped as a younger Hollywood actress in new documentary
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PARK CITY: Brooke Shields revealed she was raped as a younger Hollywood actress in new documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” which premiered on day two of the Sundance movie competition Friday.
The former supermodel didn’t reveal the identification of her attacker however mentioned she met with the person — somebody she already knew — quickly after she graduated faculty, believing it was a piece assembly to debate casting her in a brand new film.
He took her again to his lodge, claiming he would name her a taxi from his room. He as a substitute disappeared to the lavatory earlier than returning bare and assaulting her, she mentioned.
“I didn’t fight that much… I just absolutely froze. I thought that my one ‘no’ should have been enough. And I just thought ‘stay alive and get out,” Shields recalled within the documentary.
After the incident, Shields recalled phoning her buddy and safety head Gavin de Becker, who advised her: “That’s rape.”
Brooke Shields seems in a scene from the documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” by Lana Wilson | AP
She replied “I’m not willing to believe that,” and has not spoken of the incident publicly till now.
The revelation — which echoes #MeToo revelations by outstanding and lesser-known Hollywood actresses lately — is considered one of a number of stunning moments within the movie, which shall be launched on the Hulu streaming platform in two elements.
Part one examines the extreme sexualization Shields skilled as a younger woman, together with a provocative nude photoshoot at age 10, and her look as a toddler prostitute within the movie “Pretty Baby” at age 11.
The documentary exhibits a younger Shields being requested lascivious questions by a lot older male chat present hosts about her roles in motion pictures corresponding to “The Blue Lagoon” and “Endless Love,” and the sequence of controversial Calvin Klein denims commercials she starred in.
After experiencing international fame as an adolescent, Shields attended college at Princeton, and initially struggled to search out appearing roles once more after she graduated — resulting in the assembly together with her alleged rapist.
Perseverance
“My personal message is perseverance, and not allowing yourself to become a victim to a society or an industry,” she mentioned forward of the movie’s premiere on the competition in Utah.
“I’m proud of how I kept learning, kept growing, kept striving and kept loving what I do,” Shields mentioned.
The film, which earned Shields a standing ovation at Sundance, additionally chronicles the media’s later obsession together with her virginity, her mom’s alcoholism, and her first marriage to tennis star Andre Agassi.
Brooke Shields, proper poses with director Lana Wilson on the premiere of the movie on the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 20, 2023, in Park City | AP
It options a number of of Shields’ well-known mates together with Lionel Richie, Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore.
Co-founded by Robert Redford, Sundance is a key launching pad for impartial motion pictures and documentaries.
Also on Thursday was the premiere of “Justice,” a shock late addition to the competition line-up, which explores the sexual misconduct allegations towards Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The first documentary “The Bourne Identity” director Doug Liman, it options testimony from Deborah Ramirez, considered one of Kavanaugh’s accusers and a former Yale classmate.
WATCH | Brooke Shields breaks down as daughter Rowan leaves for faculty, shares emotional video
It additionally contains audio of one other classmate, who mentioned he noticed Kavanaugh expose himself to a special, “extremely drunk” girl pupil at one other get together, however whose account was solely reported in US media months after Kavanaugh’s polarizing 2018 Senate affirmation listening to.
The girl, who will not be named, has mentioned she doesn’t keep in mind the incident.
“This was the kind of movie where people are terrified” to talk out, Liman mentioned.
Kavanaugh has categorically denied participating in sexual misconduct.
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival is the primary to be held in particular person for 3 years, as current editions have been compelled on-line by Covid. It runs till January 29.
PARK CITY: Brooke Shields revealed she was raped as a younger Hollywood actress in new documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” which premiered on day two of the Sundance movie competition Friday.
The former supermodel didn’t reveal the identification of her attacker however mentioned she met with the person — somebody she already knew — quickly after she graduated faculty, believing it was a piece assembly to debate casting her in a brand new film.
He took her again to his lodge, claiming he would name her a taxi from his room. He as a substitute disappeared to the lavatory earlier than returning bare and assaulting her, she mentioned.
“I didn’t fight that much… I just absolutely froze. I thought that my one ‘no’ should have been enough. And I just thought ‘stay alive and get out,” Shields recalled within the documentary.
After the incident, Shields recalled phoning her buddy and safety head Gavin de Becker, who advised her: “That’s rape.”
Brooke Shields seems in a scene from the documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” by Lana Wilson | AP
She replied “I’m not willing to believe that,” and has not spoken of the incident publicly till now.
The revelation — which echoes #MeToo revelations by outstanding and lesser-known Hollywood actresses lately — is considered one of a number of stunning moments within the movie, which shall be launched on the Hulu streaming platform in two elements.
Part one examines the extreme sexualization Shields skilled as a younger woman, together with a provocative nude photoshoot at age 10, and her look as a toddler prostitute within the movie “Pretty Baby” at age 11.
The documentary exhibits a younger Shields being requested lascivious questions by a lot older male chat present hosts about her roles in motion pictures corresponding to “The Blue Lagoon” and “Endless Love,” and the sequence of controversial Calvin Klein denims commercials she starred in.
After experiencing international fame as an adolescent, Shields attended college at Princeton, and initially struggled to search out appearing roles once more after she graduated — resulting in the assembly together with her alleged rapist.
Perseverance
“My personal message is perseverance, and not allowing yourself to become a victim to a society or an industry,” she mentioned forward of the movie’s premiere on the competition in Utah.
“I’m proud of how I kept learning, kept growing, kept striving and kept loving what I do,” Shields mentioned.
The film, which earned Shields a standing ovation at Sundance, additionally chronicles the media’s later obsession together with her virginity, her mom’s alcoholism, and her first marriage to tennis star Andre Agassi.
Brooke Shields, proper poses with director Lana Wilson on the premiere of the movie on the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 20, 2023, in Park City | AP
It options a number of of Shields’ well-known mates together with Lionel Richie, Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore.
Co-founded by Robert Redford, Sundance is a key launching pad for impartial motion pictures and documentaries.
Also on Thursday was the premiere of “Justice,” a shock late addition to the competition line-up, which explores the sexual misconduct allegations towards Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The first documentary “The Bourne Identity” director Doug Liman, it options testimony from Deborah Ramirez, considered one of Kavanaugh’s accusers and a former Yale classmate.
WATCH | Brooke Shields breaks down as daughter Rowan leaves for faculty, shares emotional video
It additionally contains audio of one other classmate, who mentioned he noticed Kavanaugh expose himself to a special, “extremely drunk” girl pupil at one other get together, however whose account was solely reported in US media months after Kavanaugh’s polarizing 2018 Senate affirmation listening to.
The girl, who will not be named, has mentioned she doesn’t keep in mind the incident.
“This was the kind of movie where people are terrified” to talk out, Liman mentioned.
Kavanaugh has categorically denied participating in sexual misconduct.
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival is the primary to be held in particular person for 3 years, as current editions have been compelled on-line by Covid. It runs till January 29.
