Kari Wuhrer is on a mission.
After about 20 movies — several of which required nudity — the actress plans to take on only respectable projects that will boost her image in Hollywood.
“My agent has said, `Let’s not do this, let’s clean up your act,’ ” Wuhrer said.
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So, she said, it’ll be a long time before she takes off her clothes onscreen again. “I made the decision that I’m done with that (nudity),” she said. “I was conned; it gets a little disheartening. The next time I take off my clothes, Robert De Niro is going to be on the screen with me.”
The latest step in Wuhrer’s career path is a full-time gig on Fox’s action-adventure series “Sliders” (7 p.m. Fridays, WFLD-Ch. 32). She joined the show more than a month ago. Originally, her role was scheduled for just a few episodes, but soon after shooting started she was signed for the rest of the season.
“I’ve done 20 movies, and while all of them aren’t great, I’m proud of everything, of course,” she said. “Here, everybody is going to see me every week.”
Wuhrer, 29, broke into TV in 1989 as the co-host of MTV’s game show “Remote Control.” After a two-year hitch on MTV she moved to Los Angeles. Since then she has worked in a combination of high-budget and low-budget movies. She also starred in Fox’s “Class of ’96,” which — while well received by critics — aired only one season.
In “Sliders,” Wuhrer plays one of four people who are lost in a “dimensional slide,” which deposits them in any number of weird settings.
“The whole last show I had this alien coming out of my mouth, trying to mate with men,” Wuhrer said. “You couldn’t do that on `L.A. Law.’ “