Perhaps knowing that she would get old and saggy very soon, Cates did all her nude scenes in the prime of her youth, when she was only 19 years old.
Simply put, her topless scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High changed many lives.
Can you imagine the sheer amount of men that fantasized about her quietly in their bedroom while choking the proverbial monkey? In retrospect, this could have been due in part to the contact high she undoubtedly received from being near Sean Penn every day during filming.
So what if the whole movie is a Blue Lagoon rip-off….
Phoebe Cates is the Queen of the 80s.
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