Brooke shields and christopher atkins reveal the untold stories of their controversial 'blue lagoon' nude scenes The blue lagoon stars brooke shields and christopher atkins reunited on the model's podcast now what? as the two reflected on filming nude scenes in the classic movie. The blue lagoon is considered incredibly scandalous because of its scenes of child nudity Brooke spends a large amount of the movie with just her hair covering her breasts, and an adult body double was used when her character was exposed. Filming in the nude was more than just awkward — the actors said they suffered injuries from swarms of bugs, crabs, rats and horses “i was chafed up to no end,” atkins added.
All her topless or nude scenes in the blue lagoon were the work of a body double.
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