“It was always an hour and a half to get off.
“It’s glued,” she continues, referencing 14 pieces that rested on her face alone.
The way I think it has weighed on my life in a very violent way for many years.”
Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’.MUBI
Moore’s and Qualley’s commitment was well worth the investment, too.
“All of it.
We didnt do anything.
‘The Substance’.Courtesy Cannes Film Festival
On rest time, wed text, Id go to her apartment.
It was two floors down, and wed be like, I cant f—ing move.
It was difficult.”
The pressure proved to be too much for some.
(A representative at Universal did not respond to EW’s request for comment.)
Yet, Fargeat persisted.
“I knew I couldnt do it differently because the movie is about flesh, blood, and bones.
Its about filming what you feel, and what society does to you.
I needed to show it for real,” she stresses.
“Its the symbolic:Lookat the violence.
The violence is here.”
