Brooke Shields Tears Up As She Asks Why Her Mom Let Her Star In Intimate Scenes Aged 11

Brooke Shields found herself wiping away tears as she wondered why her mother had let her be in intimate scenes and images when she was just a child.

Now at the age of 58, Shields has featured in a variety of well-known movies and TV shows, such as Endless Love, Friends, and Jane The Virgin.

She's soon going to appear alongside Miranda Cosgrove in the Netflix movie Mother of the Bride.

The movie is scheduled to be released next month. However, before this upcoming role, she had already acted in several movies as a child.

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Shields was just about 10 years old when she started getting acting roles.

In 1978, she took on the role of Violet in the drama movie Pretty Baby, an abused child forced into sex work.

During the movie, Shields had her first kiss in a scene with her co-star - who was 29 years old at the time. 

Only a few years later, at the age of 14, Shields starred in the movie Blue Lagoon.

This film tells the story of two cousins who fall in love after they are shipwrecked on a beautiful island.

Despite barely being a teenager, Shields was forced to be partially nude for most of the film and admitted that it would never 'be allowed now'. 

The actor shared her experiences in a Hulu documentary titled Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby, which showed how Shields 'becomes a woman who discovers her power after being a sexualised young girl'.

Brooke Shields was just 11 in Pretty Baby. Paramount Pictures

In the documentary, Shields talked about her complex relationship with her mother, Teri, and how her mom permitted her to take roles in controversial films. 

As well as featuring in the intimate scenes, Shields also posed for Playboy when she was still a child. 

The actor teared up as she remembered her past experiences, telling filmmakers that it all felt normal at the time but also adding, "I don't know why she thought it was all right."

After learning more about Shields' earlier roles, her daughter, Rowan, expressed her shock at the scenes her mother had been in as a child.

"It's child pornography! Would you have let us [do that] at the age of 11?" she asked Shields, who tearfully replied: "No." 

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In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Shields discussed the creation of the documentary, sharing her thoughts and experiences.:

"That was hard for me, to not justify my mom to [my kids], but when they asked me, I thought, 'Oh god, I have to admit this'.

"I mean, I could say, 'Oh, it was the time back then.' Or 'Oh, it was art.' But I don't know why she thought it was all right. I don't know." 

Shields confessed that she was "amazed" she had survived all of her early experiences.

She then expressed that she eventually managed to "find her voice."

Brooke Shields has reflected on her career as a child. Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images

The documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields is available for streaming on Disney+.