A Blue Lagoon Reunion with Christopher Atkins

Now What? with Brooke Shields

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Brooke reunites with Blue Lagoon co-star Christopher Atkins to swap stories about their 1980 movie that became a surprising cult classic. Did they ever date? Did a young Brooke make a powerful acting choice or was it just pneumonia? Hear the good, the bad, and the ugly, including how the two really felt about all the nudity on set. Plus, Chris opens up about the life-changing moment when Hollywood broke him and his 36-year sobriety journey that followed.

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