Brooke Shields and her Blue Lagoon leading man reunite to talk nudity and sobriety

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On Tuesday, Brooke Shields reunited with Christopher Atkins on her iHeartRadio podcast Now What? - 42 years after the release of their cult classic The Blue Lagoon.Randal Kleiser's 1980 coming-of-age romantic survival film featured a lot of nudity, and 57-year-old Shields was only 14 at the time, while her 61-year-old co-star was 18.'After that movie it was hard to keep my clothes on,' Christopher recalled.'There were scenes where I was butt naked with you, if you remember, sliding down that slide and things like that.

And that was a little awkward, but it was kind of funny for me because at this point in time I would just do it. But your reaction was [annoyed sounds].'  Memory lane: On Tuesday, Brooke Shields reunited with Christopher Atkins on her iHeartRadio podcast Now What? - 42 years after the release of their cult classic The Blue Lagoon 'After that movie it was hard to keep my clothes on': Randal Kleiser's 1980 coming-of-age romantic survival film featured a lot of nudity, and 57-year-old Shields (left) was only 14 at the time while 61-year-old Atkins (right) was 18 Shields - who had a body double for nude scenes - remembered thinking: 'Why do I have to look at this?

I'd never seen one before. I'm not going to start now.'Shields and Atkins (last name Bomann) portrayed teenage cousins Emmeline and Richard Lestrange, who find love while living in an isolated tropical paradise after being marooned as children.'We were wearing little strips of clothing and my hair was taped on to my body to cover the boobs, which were very minimal anyway,' the Holiday Harmony actress recalled.

Christopher recalled: 'There were scenes where I was butt naked with you, if you remember, sliding down that slide and things like that.