Demi Moore she told another interviewer, "I was 17 years old. I was underage. It was just the cover." Moore made her film debut with a brief role in the 1981 teen drama "Choices", directed by Silvio Narizzano. Her second film feature was the 3-D sci-fi horror film "Parasite" (1982), for which director Charles Band had instructed casting director Johanna Ray to "find me the next Karen Allen." Moore then joined the cast of the ABC soap opera "General Hospital", playing the role of an investigative reporter until 1983. During her tenure on the series, she made an uncredited cameo appearance in
Demi Moore the 1982 spoof film "Young Doctors in Love". Moore's film career took off in 1984 following her appearance in the sex comedy "Blame It on Rio". Her other 1984 film was the comedy "No Small Affair". Her commercial breakthrough came in Joel Schumacher's yuppie drama "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), which received negative reviews, but was a box office success and brought Moore to international recognition. Because of her association with that film, Moore was often listed as part of the Brat Pack, a label she felt was "demeaning". She progressed to more serious material with "About Last Night..." (1986), co-starring