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Pamela Anderson Lee, who is being sued for backing out of a movie deal, told a Los Angeles court on Friday that she objected to going topless on camera. "It seemed like it was there for a cheap thrill," Lee said of the proposed bare-breasted sunbathing scene. The ex-Baywatch babe is defending herself against a $5-million suit brought by the Private Movie Co., which alleges that she broke an agreement to star in Hello, She Lied after she received a better offer to star in the feature film Barb Wire. The actress-Playboy model testified that her main problem with the film was the script, which required her to simulate sex. "I wanted to lose the sexual content and make it a better script," she told plaintiff's attorney Adam Miller. "Nudity has never been an issue with me," she conceded, stating the obvious. "And simulated sex?" asked Miller. "It is now," Lee replied, explaining that she had a "very bad experience" on the set of one movie. Lee, who claims she had only a verbal agreement to make the film, said that she hired her own writer to rework the script, which she hoped would be more of a "Steve Martin-type comedy." "Everybody knew the script was not a very good script and we could do better," Lee said. She also testified that when she objected to one scene in which she was called on to simulate sex in a gymnasium, the producers changed it around. The new scene? Lee would simulate sex in a bedroom. Lee rolled her eyes several times during Miller's questioning on the details of her contract, and seemed to contradict herself on a few occasions. At one point she said, "I never dropped out of the film." But a little later, she stated that, "I dropped out of the film because I hated it and it had all the sexual content in it that I had been told would be removed."
On Thursday, Miller tried to prove that Lee has a history of pulling out of deals she has made, and cited as an example a Playboy video she had backed out of doing. Lee admitted to changing her mind about making the video, but said it caused no problems. "I told Hef [Playboy founder Hugh Hefner], a personal friend, I didn't want to do the video at that time and he said 'no problem,'" Lee said. "They had no problem, they would never sue me. I'm very friendly with Playboy," Lee said while looking intently at Miller. "They didn't object to Pamela Lee backing out of a video?" Miller asked incredulously. "No," Lee replied, "I get offers all the time." "I bet you do," Miller quipped sarcastically. Hello, She Lied was later made under the title Miami Hustler with model Kathy Ireland starring--and without the scenes Lee had objected to.
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