Christopher Atkins is reflecting on his breakout role in The Blue Lagoon and the pressure he says he and Brooke Shields faced to develop a real-life connection while filming the iconic 1980 movie.

Christopher Atkins may have risen to fame in 1980's memorable film TheBlue Lagoon, but the actor is still thriving on his 65th birthday. The former teen heartthrob starred alongside Brooke Shields in ...

Christopher Atkins was Hollywood's answer to the question nobody had asked, but everybody in the 1980s was delighted to receive: what if a Greek Adonis with magnificent blonde curls became a movie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It seemed like I got paid to show my butt more than anything else in every movie after that," Atkins joked. Case in point: Atkins ...

Christopher Atkins says drinking cost him the lead role in Footloose, which ultimately went to Kevin Bacon. The 65-year-old actor claimed he was the film bosses' favourite to play Ren McCormack in the ...

Christopher Atkins has claimed that director Randal Kleiser attempted to manipulate his relationship with co-star Brooke Shields during the filming of the 1980 movie “The Blue Lagoon” to enhance their ...

Christopher Atkins, left, who starred opposite Brooke Shields, center, in 1980's "The Blue Lagoon," recently told a panel at the Fanboy Expo Knoxville that he lost the lead role in 1984's "Footloose" ...

The Blue Lagoon star Christopher Atkins is wondering where the rest of his Amazon package is. The former teen heartthrob, 65, starred alongside Brooke Shields in the iconic movie about two teens who ...