This is certainly the speech that will be remembered after the 82nd Golden Globes ceremony, awarded on the night of Sunday to Monday in Los Angeles (United States). At 62, Demi Moore won the very first prize of her long career. “I’m a little in shock, I’ve been doing this job for over 45 years and this is the first time I’ve won anything as an actress,” she confided on stage at this awards ceremony. given by the foreign press based in Hollywood.
A reward that she owes to a Frenchwoman, Coralie Fargeat, the director and screenwriter of the gory and feminist thriller “The Substance” in which she shares the poster with Margaret Qualley, who plays her rejuvenated double in this punchy film, denouncing society’s view of the female body.
The star of the 1990s (“Ghost”, “Indecent Proposal”, etc.) recalled an anecdote that haunted her for a long time. “Thirty years ago, a producer told me I was a popcorn actress. I had the impression that I would never be recognized by the profession and I believed it at the time. »
The actress said she thought, “maybe it was over for (her).” “When I was at my lowest, I received this bold, courageous script, which was off the beaten track. I am so grateful to Coralie for trusting me. »
“The question was not to be naked, but to serve the story”
In “The Substance”, which brought together more than 500,000 spectators in France, a nice performance for a genre film, the American plays with her image by playing a former cinema star who became the presenter of a TV show aerobics. Having become an “old skin” in the eyes of the profession at 50, her character is offered a strange product allowing her to transform into a “younger, more beautiful, more perfect” woman.
“I loved the subject, I found it important, very current,” Demi Moore confided last November, during a masterclass at the Cinémathèque in Paris. What particularly moved me was the harshness, the violence that we can have towards ourselves. The treatment was risky, scary, but unique. »
On screen, the actress hides nothing about her body or her age. “The question was not to be naked, but to serve the story. As an actress, I only think about the sincerity of the moment. Even though I am aware that the viewer will say to themselves This woman is no longer 20-30 years old and has her imperfections. »
