'dallas' Star Says Tv 'cougar' Linda Gray's Prank During Controversial Kiss Left His Lips Numb

Christopher Atkins will ne'er hide his on-screen buss pinch TV "cougar" Linda Gray.

The character played campy counsellor Peter Richards, nan overmuch younger person of Gray's Sue Ellen Ewing connected nan deed TV bid "Dallas" from 1983 to 1984. The now 64-year-old, an aspiring filmmaker, is presently fundraising for an upcoming project.

"They put maine and Linda together, and she was nan very first cougar," Atkins told Fox News Digital. "Our very first kissing scene, which solidified this infinitesimal betwixt nan 2 of us, was connected a dock astatine this spot connected a lake. And everybody’s opinionated location watching. Usually, everybody goes location aft their scenes… They say, ‘Action,’ and we had our moment. We do person our large kiss, we propulsion isolated and they cut."

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Christopher Atkins arsenic Peter Richards and Linda Gray arsenic Sue Ellen Ewing connected "Dallas," circa 1983. (CBS via Getty Images)

"Linda says to me, ‘So really was it?’" he recalled. "I’m thinking, ‘What americium I expected to opportunity to that? Oh, it was terrible, let’s do it again? What do you say?’ I said, ‘Yeah, it was good.’ And past each of a sudden, my lips spell wholly numb. She, arsenic a joke, had put connected her lips each that… worldly that they numb your gums pinch earlier nan dentist gives you nan needle. Put it each complete her lips and gave maine this kiss."

"That was my preamble to ‘Dallas,’" he chuckled.

The formed of "Dallas" were notorious pranksters connected set. (ALAMY)

The steamy TV romance made headlines successful its day. Sue Ellen, who was joined to philandering lipid tycoon J.R. Ewing (played by Larry Hagman), was depicted sneaking astir pinch her boy toy, USA Today reported. Atkins, 22, and Gray, 43, famously made nan screen of US mag pinch nan headline, "Robbing nan Cradle."

On "Dallas," Christopher Atkins played Linda Gray's overmuch younger lover. (CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

"I’ll ne'er forget, I was walking… astatine a hotel, and this lady, you could spot her, she’s staring astatine me," he said. "This female starts coming consecutive astatine me, comes correct up [to] my look and says, ‘You’re excessively young for her!’ This is what it was. And it was robbing nan cradle."

Atkins described nan formed of "Dallas" arsenic pranksters — and nary 1 near nan workplace unscathed.

Linda Gray and Christopher Atkins reunited for 2023's "Ladies of nan '80s." (Christopher Atkins)

"They were each applicable jokers," he said. "They were each crazy. They were conscionable nosy and nuts."

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Christopher Atkins said he wore Speedos and mini trunks passim his play of "Dallas." (Brad Elterman/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

As portion of his activity awesome role, "Dallas" producers made him deterioration mini aquatics trunks.

"I sewage a statement from nan web saying to discontinue stuffing my Speedo," Atkins chuckled. "I was thinking, what nan heck is that? I mean, it’s benignant of a backhanded compliment… I deliberation Larry Hagman aliases personification was conscionable [pranking me] because they put maine successful a Speedo for nan show. They didn’t person to, but that’s what they did. So I deliberation nan statement came arsenic much of a joke."

Christopher Atkins is successful nan process of making a film. (Christopher Atkins)

By then, Atkins had already stripped down for his first movie, 1980’s "The Blue Lagoon." He was 18 and his co-star, Brooke Shields, was 14.

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Shields and nan film’s unit person agelong maintained that she utilized assemblage doubles for nude scenes and that her hairsbreadth was glued connected to her assemblage to debar exposing her chest, People magazine reported.

Atkins auditioned for nan domiciled successful hopes of simply getting bragging authorities that he publication for a awesome film. He ended up being chosen from among 4,000 hopefuls.

Brooke Shields was 14 erstwhile she starred successful "The Blue Lagoon." (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

"I kept getting called back," said Atkins. "The past 1 was pinch Julie Warner, who was successful ‘Doc Hollywood’ pinch Michael J. Fox years later. She would’ve gotten nan portion if Brooke didn’t. I knew nan head wanted Brooke Shields, but I didn’t cognize that overmuch astir her astatine nan time."

Christopher Atkins said he didn't cognize overmuch astir Brooke Shields earlier they were stranded connected an land together successful "The Blue Lagoon." (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images)

"I lived connected [a] vessel disconnected nan land [where we were filming]… she hadn’t travel yet," he said. "She had different week aliases truthful earlier she was going to get here. The head had put her image up complete my furniture truthful that I could commencement falling successful emotion pinch her earlier nan movie started. That was my preamble to Brooke Shields."

While nan movie was arguable for depicting nan 2 young characters successful a intersexual relationship, it wasn’t nan first clip that Shields raised eyebrows. People mag reported that 2 years earlier, she starred successful "Pretty Baby", wherever she played a 12-year-old prostitute.

"The Blue Lagoon" was nan ninth-highest-grossing movie of 1980. (ALAMY)

"The unit were each Australian," said Atkins. "Back successful nan day, each nan Australian beaches… were topless. It was very earthy and freeing for nan Australians… And being connected a deserted island, location were nary tourists, nothing. It was conscionable america connected this island… [And] these 2 kids, successful a earthy [and deserted] environment, they wouldn’t deterioration clothes. It wouldn’t beryllium thing that was successful nan forefront of their minds, that they needed to screen up."

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"The Blue Lagoon," which premiered successful 1980, is still arguable coming owed to its depictions of sexuality betwixt nan 2 young stars. (Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)

"As clip went on, it conscionable became much and much earthy not to person apparel on," said Atkins. "The unit made it very, very easy. Randall [Kleiser], nan director, made it very, very easy astir it. [The scenes] were perfectly important for nan film, but it wasn’t grandiose. It wasn’t thing that was location for nan accumulation of nan film. He really wanted this to beryllium arsenic earthy and arsenic existent arsenic possible. I understood that and sewage that."

"By nan clip I was done leaving that land 4 and a half months later, it [was] really difficult for maine to support my apparel connected astatine a beach," he joked.

Turtle Island was a backstage land that served arsenic nan tropical mounting for "The Blue Lagoon." It's now unfastened to nan public. (Sonia Moskowitz/IMAGES/Getty Images)

People mag noted that critics loathed nan film. However, it was nominated for an Academy Award for champion cinematography. The outlet reported that nan movie raked successful much than $58 million, making it nan ninth-highest-grossing movie of 1980.

"The Blue Lagoon" was Christopher Atkins' first film. (Getty Images)

Looking backmost astatine his Hollywood career, Atkins insisted location are nary regrets.

"I sewage to a constituent successful my life wherever I joined young," he said. "I wanted to beryllium a dada much than pursuit nan business… When I was 16 years old, I utilized to teach sailing successful Rye, New York, to small kids. From that measly paycheck that I was getting, I utilized to put a dollar distant for someday erstwhile I had kids. That’s really severely I wanted kids. When I had my 2 kids, I conscionable did immoderate came my way, conscionable to put nutrient connected nan array for them and support working."

When it comes to his Hollywood career, Christopher Atkins said he has nary regrets. (ALAMY)

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"I’ve been blessed," he reflected. "I’ve done complete 100 different movies and tv shows astatine this point. Now my kids person their kids, and that’s beautiful remarkable… I’ve done everything successful this business isolated from make my ain film. That’s nan past container I now want to cheque off… That’s what I’m chasing correct now, putting immoderate really bully projects together… So location are nary regrets."