Despite the disagreement, one thing remained obvious. Her remarkable features, particularly her brilliantly blue eyes, had attracted spectators since the beginning.
Mademoiselle magazine even dubbed them “the eyes of ’79,” a nickname that would stick with her throughout her career.
Some producers even considered her eyes a “distraction,” requesting she wear contact lenses to reduce their brilliance.
But she saw things differently. “I’m not aware that my eyes are so distinctive,” she once stated. “I don’t look at my eyes, I see through them.”
