ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, March 23, 1996               TAG: 9603260006
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: B-7  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MIKE MAYO 

SCENE IS DEJA-VU FOR `GIRL 6' ACTRESS

Spike Lee's "Girl 6" begins with a scene that's a Hollywood cliche. While she's auditioning for a film role, actress Theresa Randle is asked to take off her clothes by Quentin Tarantino, who's playing a sleazy producer-director.

Out on a publicity tour for the film, Randle admitted that the situation has happened to her. But only once:

"It was a professional kind of thing," she said. "It's so funny when people say, `That was a great reading, now could you take off your top?'

"I said `no.' I can, but I won't. See ya."

And to her, that moment is the key to the film's meaning in the way it illustrates the pressures that influence actors and their careers.

"This is what I want people to understand. I want them to feel uncomfortable. They're thinking about me as an actress portraying this character, but some actors, some thinking actors make choices for a reason. I don't want the audience to think about Theresa Randle exposing her breasts for the first time. I'm Girl 6.

"I've turned it [nudity] down because it didn't make sense to me. In this movie there was some redemption. There are a lot of people out there - adults and young adults - who will do anything to be a part of Hollywood. Hopefully, they'll understand that it's really about your integrity."

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