‘s is causing quite a stir at the . The shocking, feminist body horror film premiered on Sunday, May 19 and garnered an 11-minute standing ovation despite being “disarmingly grotesque” per . Moore, 61, plays an aging Hollywood actress who takes a drug that transforms her into a younger version of herself (portrayed by ), setting off a nerve-wracking plot that throwsand into a grindhouse blender.
. Along the way, the film lays both beauty standards around women and the lead actress bare. Moore about the film’s nude scenes at Cannes.
“Going into it, it was really spelled out, the level of vulnerability and rawness that was really required to tell the story,” Moore explained earlier this month. “And it was a very vulnerable experience and just required, I think, kind of going into it with a sensitivity and a lot of conversation about what we were trying to accomplish, how we were going to approach it and, I think, finding that common ground of mutual trust.” The actress famously appeared nude on the cover of while pregnant with her daughter Scout in 1991 .
The film marks the first time Moore has appeared nude in a movie since 1995’s . Moore praised Qualley, 29, for being “a great partner who I felt very safe with,” adding, “We obviously were quite close in certain moments, naked, and it allowed us, also, a lot of levity in those moments at how absurd those certain situations were with us laying on the tile floor.” Scroll down to read everything to know ab.
