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CANNES, France, – Movie star Demi Moore said the vulnerability required for her role in “The Substance,” the body horror film that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, was both demanding and exciting.
Moore plays Elizabeth, an aging TV fitness instructor played by Jane Fonda, who signs up for a mysterious medical regimen called The Substance, which promises to create perfect versions of herself—known as “drive-away dolls.” ” is played by Margaret Qualley.
The role required the 61-year-old Moore to go completely naked as well as transform into a deteriorating old woman through prosthetics.
“Everyone at different times had moments that were challenging,” he told Reuters in an interview.
Moore said, “The level of vulnerability that this role required on all different levels – emotionally, physically – was as challenging as it was exciting because it really forced me to step out of my comfort zone. Was inspiring me.”
Critics were positive on Moore’s performance, with entertainment website Variety calling it “nothing short of fearless” and The Hollywood Reporter praising how she “infuses her character with a deep desperation.”
This year’s festival marks the first time in more than a quarter century that Moore, who became a sex symbol in the 1990s through films like “Striptease,” was at the festival.
For Qualley, 29, portraying the so-called ideal version of a woman’s body was a strange experience.
He said, “She’s supposed to be perfect, but she’s probably one of the least beautiful characters I’ve ever played because she’s so heartless.”
French director and writer Coralie Farguet said that her goal was to explore women’s toxic relationship with their bodies and how they are taught that their value is tied to their appearance.
She said, “The way I wrote the film is really based on what we experience with our bodies as women. So, it’s the way our bodies are viewed, but also It’s how we view our bodies.”
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