She details the incident in the latest ABC News/Hulu Lana Wilson-directed docuseriesPretty Baby: Brooke Shieldsthat premiered atSundance.

The suit claims that Paramount has made over a half billion from the lifetime monies onRomeo & Juliet.

It was a very different era in filmmaking and many different directors took liberties.

‘Pretty Baby’s Brooke Shields at Deadline’s Sundance Studio

‘Pretty Baby’s Brooke Shields at Deadline’s Sundance StudioMichael Buckner for Deadline

Theyd tell the actors one thing, and then tell the studio another, Shields tells Deadline.

They were in charge and they were the star really.

He respected her; but I think that I was much more protected than many people probably were.

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