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I have filmed outdoors a lot. When filming outdoors there are several things to do to help the overly bright sunlight. First a polarizing filter on the lens helps a little. If you are flexible, you can try to pick a day that is partially cloudy, with thin clouds high in the sky. That will cut down on the glare quite a bit. Or if you have a budget and crew, you can take direct control and put up a large silk stretched on a frame above the set you are filming on to dramatically cut down the brightness of the sunlight.
If a silk is too much trouble, then you may be able to pick a set that is in partial or full shade, like under a tree or in the shadow of a building and then you can reflect some sunlight into the shaded area with large reflectors to bring the brighness back up soo you can control the light level to some degree. if you have to film in the sunlight try to put the sun behind the models so they aren't blinded and reflect the sun back in the models faces from in front of them to light their fronts up better. The sun will act as a nice hairlight.
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