Demi Moore has opened up about baring all in her new film The Substance , admitting it was a “vulnerable experience” filming full-frontal nudity. The actress, 61, attended the Cannes Film Festival this week to promote the feminist body horror flick The Substance alongside her co-stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid . At the Cannes Film Festival press conference for the film on Monday, Moore got candid about going nude in several scenes for the film, while praising her co-stars for making her feel comfortable on set.
“Going into it, it was really spelled out - the level of vulnerability and rawness that was really required to tell the story,” the G.I. Jane actress shared.
“And it was a very vulnerable experience and just required a lot of sensitivity and a lot of conversation about what we were trying to accomplish.” In the film, Moore plays a fading celebrity who turns to a black market drug called “the substance” - a cell-replicating device that creates a younger, better version of herself, played by Qualley. Both Qualley and Moore display full-frontal nudity in the film, which focuses on the female body and the discourse that often surrounds it.
Moore credited Qualley with being a big help on set, particularly with regard to making her feel comfortable while filming the often unnerving scenes. “I had someone who was a great partner who I felt very safe with. We obviously were quite close - naked - and we also got a lot of levity in those moments [from] .