Demi Moore opens up about the high ‘intensity’ of filming substanceher new body horror film, directed by Coralie Fargeat.
this feud The star who plays Elizabeth in the upcoming film revealed in a recent interview Los Angeles Times She was diagnosed with shingles during a week off from filming.
“To give you an idea of ​​the intensity, the first week I was actually off, with only Margaret working, I got shingles,” Moore shared. “Then I lost about 20 pounds.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shingles is a “painful rash disease” that occurs when “the varicella zoster virus (VZV) that causes chickenpox reactivates in the body after having had chickenpox.” You can get shingles.
Her co-star Margaret Qualley, who plays Sue, faced her own challenges throughout the production given the weight of the film. “Oh yeah, I had crazy acne for a long time,” she added.
However, both stars knew that Fajit would push them to the next level through their roles. substance Each of them fully embraced it.
“You have to leave feeling like you left everything on the table,” Moore explained. “It needs it and that’s what you want to bring.”
The film is the follow-up to the director’s 2017 debut revengeIt tells the story of a fading celebrity who decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance, to temporarily make himself younger and better.
“This is truly the most violent thing she’s ever done to herself,” Moore said. substancescheduled to be released on September 20.[The script] takes some very internal violence against ourselves and externalizes it in such a way that allows the audience to have a little bit of objectivity and then really see what we’re doing to ourselves through this harsh, constant criticism and comparison. . “
Faget added, “I recently read a slogan in an article about this movie that said, ‘Being a woman is body horror.’ This movie is horrific on so many levels, but the One level is about the violence we do to our bodies.
