THE BLUE LAGOON TURNS 45 'WOMEN RIPPED MY CLOTHES OFF!

Star of the movie Christopher Atkins tells all about Brooke, fan mail and that nude scene

- Craig Bennett.

It was 45 years ago, but Hollywood hunk Christopher Atkins will never forget taking his mum to the glitzy LA premiere of The Blue Lagoon, only to “die of embarrassment” when his nude scene flashed up on the big screen.

“Oh boy, I hadn’t seen the movie before the premiere, and I didn’t think they’d use that full-frontal scene,” Chris, 64, tells Woman’s Day in an exclusive interview from his Connecticut home.

“So, I’m sitting with my mum, Bitsy, who was so proud her son was starring in his first movie. Suddenly, there it was – my privates in all their silver-screen glory. She turned to me and said, ‘Haven’t seen that in a long time!’”

CAREER HIGHLIGHT

Based on a 1908 novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 coming-of-age romance story starring Brooke Shields, who was 14 and already a star when the movie was shot, and a then-unknown 18-year-old Chris. There was a subsequent 1991 sequel, and a 2012 TV adaptation.