As reported by CNN News, while accepting the plaudits from critics for her portrayal in the movie “The Substance,” Demi Moore is also being honest about what it required.
Moore, 61, talked about portraying an ageing actress who uses a drug to become a “younger, better version of herself” in a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival. Margaret Qualley, 29, plays the role of Moore’s character.
Moore has entire scenes in the nude comedic horror film. Dennis Quaid, a co-star, and Coralie Fargeat, the director of the picture, joined her at the press conference as she talked about how they handled that task.
Moore stated, “It was really laid out going into it—the level of vulnerability and rawness that was really required to tell the story.” “And it was a very vulnerable experience that just needed a great deal of conversation about our goals and sensitivity.”
Moore stated she discovered “someone who was a great partner who I felt very safe with” in Qualley, who was not present for the press conference. Moore also mentioned that the two enjoyed “a lot of levity in those moments at how absurd those certain situations were” when it came to the naked sequences.
Moore was also questioned about how her advanced age made her feel “cancelled” in Hollywood.
Standing ovation
According to a number of media sites, such as Variety and Deadline, the movie “The Substance” earned a standing ovation that lasted between nine and thirteen minutes.
Francis Ford Coppola’s 40-year passion project “Megalopolis” and Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga” both received standing ovations that lasted up to seven minutes during their respective openings at Cannes. Critics have given both movies varying ratings.
As shown in a Variety video, Costner, 69, was moved to tears by the positive response he received for his first directing effort in 11 years at the festival on Sunday. Costner reportedly remarked, “I’m sorry you had to clap for me to understand that I should speak,” as reported by People and the Huffington Post.
