Brigitte Bardot was THE French blonde bombshell of her time. This blonde sex kitten was an international icon, but there is still so much that people do not know about the eccentric beauty who oozes seduction without even trying. Let's learn a few things about Brigitte! Take notes, class:
5. Brigitte grew up in an extremely conservative and wealthy Parisian family. In fact, her parents were SO formal that they required young Brigitte to address them - her own parents - in the formal French "vous" instead of "tu". No wonder she later embraced sex and nudity! Not only that, but her parents did not approve of Bardot's desire to perform. Bardot's grandpa helped convince them when he told her parents that "if this little girl is to become a whore, cinema will not be a cause."
4. The Beatles wanted Brigitte to play a role in A Hard Day's Night, but it didn't pan out. Imagine if it had! They wanted her because all four boys were big fans of her work. Apparently, the fab four had Bardotmania! Lennon eventually met Bardot, but he was so nervous that he took acid before the encounter. According to John in a later interview, neither of them lived up to the other's expectations. "I was on acid, and she was on her way out," he said of their 1968 meeting. Far out, John.
3. Roger Vadim proposed to Brigitte when she was a teenager, but her father said they had to wait until she was 18 to get married. They surprisingly did wait and got married, but by that time Brigitte had developed a wandering eye and almost immediately started affairs with co-stars on her films...even films that Vadim was directing her in!
2. In modeling, when a model crosses her arm across her chest to hide her breasts seductively it is called "the Bardot". She popularized this pose when she began her career as a model and it has been replicated by everyone from Monica Bellucci to Lindsay Lohan.
1. Brigitte retired from acting when she was only 39. Her final role was in The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot. She now works as an animal activist and rescuer. She remains a pretty controversial figure even though she is not actively in the spotlight anymore, but that's Brigitte. She knows how to cause a stir no matter what she is doing!
Watch one of Brigitte's hot scenes here:
