Demi Moore is opening up about baring it all.
The 62-year-old The Substance star got candid in a new conversation for Elle‘s Women in Hollywood 2024 issue, out now.
During the conversation, Demi spoke about her hit film The Substance, baring it all, being told her body was a problem and struggling with an eating disorder, aging in Hollywood, and much more.
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On the brightly lit, low-angle close-up of her bare backside in The Substance:
“It’s like, ugh. It bugs the s–t out of me. I didn’t ask for any adjustments because I knew it was in service of something that was more important than me. It felt like any hardship, any exposure of my own insecurities, would be worth it if I was part of bringing forward the conversation.”
“There was an incredibly liberating aspect to stepping into this really vulnerable, exposed place emotionally and physically. The film gave me the opportunity to look at where my ego was kind of running the show, where I was giving up my power, and it pushed me to find a little bit more gentility and acceptance of myself as I am.”
On being told her body was a problem and struggling with an eating disorder when she was younger:
“There is a lot of torment I put myself through when I was younger. The perfect example is when I was told to lose weight multiple times. The producer pulled me aside. It was very embarrassing and humiliating. But that’s just one thing. How I internalized it and how it moved me to a place of such torture and harshness against myself, of real extreme behaviors, and that I placed almost all the value of who I was on my body being a certain way—that’s on me.”
On not fitting in in Hollywood as she aged:
“I wasn’t 20 or 30, but I wasn’t what they imagined 40 or 50 was either. They didn’t quite know where I fit, and that’s not just something I made up—that was conveyed to me.”
On the appreciation she has for her body now:
“While we’re so focused on what we’re not, we miss out on the beauty of all that we are. The thing is, I do have love for my body, but it’s more about appreciation—I can really appreciate all that my body does for me now, not just how it looks. And the more I appreciate the lines in the corner of my eyes—the more I can find beauty in the life that I’ve lived—the more my life has beauty.”
On appearing in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle in a bikini at age 40:
“I never imagined in a million years that the shot of me in Charlie’s Angels would become such a big conversation. But I was 40, which meant I shouldn’t have a body that was desirable—that’s what I challenged. I feel like we all have a role to play in life, to be of service, and for whatever reason, I feel like that has been something I’ve been called to do. But I don’t think it would’ve been such a big deal if I hadn’t been of an age that, at that time, it was already determined that you should look like s–t.”
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