MOVIES - July 11, 1989

Reformed porn movie queen Traci Lords has done a turnabout in her first legitimate film role. In John Waters’ new movie, “Cry-Baby,” she’s cast as a high school virgin. Lords, 21, started appearing in porn movies at 15 but quit three years ago. Now, she told the Philadelphia Inquirer, she’s going to be very selective about her movie roles. “Right now, I won’t do sex or nudity. If it was a big director and a fabulous part with nudity, I probably would do it. But if it was a script like ‘9 1/2 Weeks,’ I wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. I just don’t want to do anything I would be embarrassed to be seen in.”