A large number of actors and actresses have passed through the film industry, and although many of them have done so without shame or glory, there are others that bring with them endless awards, nominations, or at least the most complete filmographies, such as is the case of Brooke Shieldswhat he combined the big screen with the catwalks practically from his childhoodand became the center of attention between the 70s and 80s.
He comes from creating his own documentary, ‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields’, sourced from ABC News Studios. A documentary that talks about his career in the world of cinema, as well as the sexualization she suffered when she was just a girl. An aspect that he has dealt with in the interview that he has just given to the prestigious magazine ‘Variety‘, comparing it with the situation women are going through today.
Brooke wants to be an example, she wants to instruct the next generations to come, and even more so in an industry that today continues, unfortunately, bringing cases of sexualization, machismo and even abuse. she suffered with ‘Pretty Baby’only 12 years old, and three years later he was already a teen sex symbol in ‘Endless Love’, where she did not feel comfortable at all, despite the fact that she showed another face to the cameras: “I am an actress. She was playing roles,” she points out.
“Behind the scenes was the real problembut with all these interviews, it was so interesting that people were much more obsessed with the subject of the film: how can I play a prostitute, but no one had a problem with how they addressed me regarding the press or the director’s treatment of a girl”, he added to the aforementioned medium.
Regarding that time, Brooke Shields points out that it was “very dominated by men”: “It was a very different era for me, and much was accepted that would not be accepted today, and I appreciate that that is now the dialogue that is taking place. By broadening the scope of who the creatives actually create these films, I think there will be more appreciation and understanding of the nuances of what it means to be a woman.”
He feels that they did not allow him to grow artistically
And, also, unlike today, I felt that I could not grow: “My biggest problem at that time was that they didn’t allow me to grow as a talent. I didn’t have to. She was pretty, I introduced myself, she had a good work ethic. I did what they needed from me. I was box office, and that was it. And that, I think, is changing… It’s hard to put into words, I think that not being able to grow and being taught was what bothered me the most because I was capable of more“, it is finished.
