Brooke Shieldsis getting candid in her new documentary.
“I spent my life owing people things and doing whatever they wanted,” the 57-year-old star says in teaser trailer, released Wednesday. “And finally I asked myself, ‘Who will I be if I don’t allow that anymore?'”
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“I did not know if or when or if at all I was ever going to bring this up,” Shields said about the assault, which took place in a hotel room several decades ago.
“It has taken me many years of therapy to even be able to talk about it,” she continued. “I definitely have worked very hard through it, and I’ve learned to process it.”
“And I’ve come to a place, and we’ve come to a time in our society, where we can talk about these things much more openly. I had no idea I was going to say it,” Shields added.
Shields shared she was ready to share the assault now, after keeping it private for three decades, as she hoped her story would help other struggling young women and men advocate for themselves.
Brooke Shields in 1980.Sonia Moskowitz/Getty
Though Shields does share the personal story for the first time in the film, she toldThe Hollywood Reportershe still “loves” being in the Hollywood industry, calling it a “gift” to still have excitement about her work.
As the film plays on the festival circuit, Shields said she is excited to share her story with the world.
“I’m not really dreading any part of it because, to me, the story is so much bigger,” Shields continued. “The incident [assault] that will undoubtedly be focused on is five minutes [in the film], but there’s a whole other hour and 45 minutes. I’m so proud of looking at my body of work and saying, ‘I accomplished that and I kept learning and I kept growing.’ I’m still here.”
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