Inside Elisabeth’s Transformation Into ‘Gollum’ and ... - Yahoo
WEB5 days ago · In “The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat’s satire of toxic beauty culture, 50-year-old TV aerobics star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) transforms into gorgeous 20something Sue (Margaret Qualley ...
‘The Substance’ successfully pulls off grotesque satire
WEBSep 25, 2024 · Moore’s character, Elisabeth Sparkle, is a washed-up actress who now leads a morning aerobics show. The film expertly shows Sparkle’s rise and fall through an opening montage where she receives a Hollywood Walk of Fame star that eventually withers away and cracks.
The Substance: Demi Moore says body horror role was 'risky and …
WEBSep 18, 2024 · But over time, the star honouring Moore's character Elisabeth Sparkle becomes cracked and damaged. It gets trampled on and ignored. One passing man drops his burger, leaving it smeared with...
Margaret Qualley Says 'The Substance' Was 'Outside My Comfort …
WEBSep 22, 2024 · At the Toronto International Film Festival, Margaret Qualley told PEOPLE that director Coralie Fargeat's body-horror film 'The Substance' took her outside of her 'comfort zone' as an actress.
‘The Substance’ review: This body horror is an exhilarating ... - NPR
WEBSep 18, 2024 · Demi Moore is Elisabeth Sparkle, a Jane Fonda-esque aerobics TV star who turns the big 5-0 and is promptly ousted from her gig in Hollywood. Dejected, she drives home, only to get distracted by...
‘The Substance’ ending explained: Demi Moore, director break …
WEBSep 21, 2024 · Sadly, Demi Moore 's Elisabeth Sparkle (and her younger self, Sue, played by Margaret Qualley) did not. But, as Moore, Qualley, and writer-director Coralie Fargeat explain to Entertainment...
The Substance Captures Frustrations of Being an Aging Woman - TIME
WEBMay 21, 2024 · Elisabeth, who has to spend her seven days being her regular fifty-something self, has come to resent her younger counterpart, who's having all the fun after shooting to fame as a TV personality...
The Substance Ending Explained: Skin Deep - /Film
WEBSep 19, 2024 · After sealing up Elisabeth's spinal wound and inserting a "Food Matrix" mush that's fed to her unconscious body intravenously, Sue discovers that she needs to inject one shot of "stabilizer"...
Filmmaker Coralie Fargeat on the Shocking Truths of ‘The ... - Vogue
WEBSep 18, 2024 · Photo: Getty Images. Since premiering at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance has ignited fervent discussions and reactions. The film centers on Elisabeth...
Beauty Is a Beast in LA-Set ‘The Substance’ - KQED
WEBSep 19, 2024 · The Substance and its gorgeous cipher of a protagonist, Elisabeth Sparkle (played by Demi Moore), are driven by The Twilight Zone notion that the fountain of youth is available via an injectable, under-the-counter formula.