Moore Later

Where style meets substance

She still has that frictionfilled voice of tumbling granulated sugar, but at twenty-seven Demi Moore has lopped off her hip-length hair and doffed her Brat Pack persona. In Paramount's thirties-set, David Mamet-scripted We're No Angels, she gets to play "a character with balls, sensitivity, and a kid. She's a combination of laundress and town prostitute—just a working mother, really!" Moore herself had to contend with mucho macho costars Robert De Niro and Sean Penn, but being Mrs. Bruce Willis she's used to tough guys ("We have the coolest thing going"). The couple, married by Little Richard in 1987, agree their proudest production is seventeen-monthold daughter Rumer. "She's stubborn and hardheaded like the two of us,'' says Moore, cooing, "but she's our enchanting little gift."

ANGELA JANKLOW