Who raped Brooke Shields?

Just watched the Hulu documentary. My God, it was heartbreaking. You spend 70 minutes getting to know her, how intelligent she is, how down to earth and sweet. Then she speaks of getting raped by a "Hollywood executive" who she does not name. The only clue is, I guess, the time frame. It was after Princeton, and she was looking for a comeback vehicle. So circa 1987.

The fact that she didn't report it at the time is understandable. But if he's still alive, she should really name him.

Any ideas who it may have been?

It’s her decision to make but if the rapist is still alive, I hope she eventually exposes him.

If it was Weinstein, she’d probably say it. Either they are still very powerful or were low-level producers of the time. Her offers in 1987 were not stellar ones. She was making cheap movies. I could see it being someone from Cannon or Republic Pictures.

The idea I got from the doc was this was a higher level, more A listish part. She said that during dinner, he never mentioned the movie.

The guy's MO sure did sound like Weinstein. She goes back with him to his hotel, and she wants to call a cab from the lobby. He insists she come up to his room to call the cab. He emerges from the bathroom naked. She says no, but he keeps going anyway.

Awful awful story.

Have there ever been stories about Oliver Stone?

It was me. I did it. At age seven. I had anger and control issues.

It isn't Weinstein. Miramax were still getting established in the late 80's and only making/acquiring fringe properties. They didn't really start courting movie stars and going Hollywood until the mid 90's. Also, Brooke isn't his type. His preference was for European women with an arthouse vibe. For all her beauty, Brooke has very little mystique- at least not once she starts talking. She's the all American girl next door, only slightly more neurotic. Not his type.

Don Simpson would be a solid guess.

Fyvush Finkel from the 90’s drama Picket Fences?

R4 Jennifer Lopez told a Me Too story that sounded like it was about Oliver Stone. Apparently she had a topless scene in a movie and the director came into her trailer asked her to take off her top and show him her tits to make sure they looked good, and she refused. The widespread opinion was that it was about the movie U Turn.

If he's still alive, he's probably sweating bullets right now, so she might as well prolong his torture during her media blitz.

Brooke had some interesting comments about it. She said it made her feel "cool." A crazy sounding comment at first blush, but I understand what she means, and I admire her for being honest. She doesn't feel that way now, to be clear, and she understands how wrong headed that feeling was.

Also, there was a fascinating fly on the wall scene with Brooke discussing her movies with her teenaged daughters. Both daughters are appalled by the notion of Pretty Baby (they refuse to watch it.) Brooke tries to understand where they're coming from. She's not the most interesting person in the world, but she's had an interesting life, and she's a nice woman.

Harvey or Jerry Bruckenheimer

I did enjoy watching the doc on Hulu. The conversation between her daughters and her was very interesting. The daughters are much more conservative than their mother (I suppose that's how the world is today, the youn'uns are pretty prudish).

She definitely comes off as a sweet, down-to-earth person.

I think this new puritanism has been the most disappointing thing about what we used to call the future.

All my friends about about 10 years younger. When Arya lost her virginity toward the end of Game of Thrones, they were all appalled. "How dare they! She's so young!" Such bullshit. Arya was like 19. And SHE was the one who pursued it- wanted it- worked for it. I just don't get it.

R6 is ascribing to the Trump school of choosy rapists.

I see a board game sensation from OP’s thread title.

R18 This was my first post every about Brooke Shields.

Brooke turned out to be a lot more talented than the hype around her at the onset of her career (mostly about her beauty and youth) would have led people to believe. Very good at comedy especially and she can sing reasonably well too.

Do we know anything about the people who modeled for the pictures of the suspects in Clue?

Bitch needs to find her own lane.

Weinstein's type is not limited to "Europeans with an art-house vibe." His sexual assaults and rapes date back to the 70s and include not only well-known actresses and models but assistants, employees, waitresses, crew members and producers. His type includes these Americans, Canadians, and Aussies (and many Brits.) Some have mystique. Some do not. Some would be considered "slightly neurotic." His type was whomever he could get his hands on.

Daryl Hannah, Ashley Judd, Rosanna Arquette, Cate Blanchett, Angie Everhart, Heather Graham, Anne Heche, Lauren Holly, Sara Polley, Jennifer Newson, Brit Marling, Julianne Margulies, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Minka Kelly, Mira Sorvino, Mia Kirshner, Monica Potter,Sean Young, Kaitlin Doubleday, Sean Young.

It does sound like his MO but it's also the moves of any producer/rapist.

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Brooke. As a young gay boy living in an oppressive Bible Belt town, I would watch The Blue Lagoon over and over. I found the idea behind it to be freeing and exciting, living with no rules or boundaries in a strange place. Not to mention that young Christopher Atkins had my heart fluttering.

But knowing her age at the time, the overall inappropriate content and the pedophiles behind her career push, I'm disgusted. Women in the industry were (and still are) put through hell by predatory executives.

Bruckheimer and Simpson are good guesses. They were at their peak in 1987 with Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop II.

I heard Don Simpson was an absolute pig. I am surprised I didn't hear more about him when #metoo started.

It is sad, though, that Brooke had to put up with so much abuse and exploitation by Hollywood and her own mother. It's amazing how intelligent, articulate and grounded she is considering what she has experienced.

It was Col. Mustard with the candlestick.

R29 Good idea to bump its thread

I didn't see R19 before I posted at R28.

Sorry for any confusion.

[quote]Have there ever been stories about Oliver Stone?

I remember a kind of blind item in Spy about a director "auditioning" actresses by having them bend over and spread their ass cheeks. It seemed to be about Stone.

Joel Silver? Bruckheimer?

Who do you think Charlize was talking about? The same person as Brooke, or not?

Charlize was a Weinstein whore, willing one too. They all denied it when he went down, though.

Patricia Arquette said this about Oliver:

"After receiving the roses, Arquette said his assistant called her to “make sure I got them.” She thanked them and was later invited to a screening of his 1994 movie Natural Born Killers.

Since the actress “felt weird” about his actions, she decided to ask her boyfriend at the time to go with her. That’s when she had an encounter with Stone, according to Arquette.

“The room was packed. Oliver stopped me coming out of the bathroom,” she said in her tweets. “He said ‘Why did you bring him?’ I said ‘Why is it a problem I brought him? It shouldn’t be a problem. Think about THAT Oliver.'”

Arquette said she “never heard about the movie again & didn’t care to.” The actress later added that she was coming forward to demonstrate “the craggy and uncertain terrain women negotiate in Entertainment and all businesses.”

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