Margaret Qualley Drops Jaw-Dropping NSFW Behind-the-Scenes Photos from ‘The Substance’
‘The Substance’ is a 2024 body horror film directed and produced by Coralie Fargeat. It tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), a fading celebrity who uses a black market drug to create a younger version of herself (played by Margaret Qualley) after being fired due to her age. However, the drug has unexpected side effects.
The film was inspired by societal pressures on women’s bodies and aging. It was filmed in France using prosthetics, fake blood, and detailed visual effects. The movie has seen critical and commercial success, grossing $77.8 million on a $17.5 million budget. The film received five Golden Globe nominations.
Now Margaret Qualley, star of ‘The Substance,’ shared a behind-the-scenes look at her transformation into a monstrous character called Monstro Elisasue.
Elizabeth uses a secret procedure to create a younger version of herself, and the two (the younger and older versions) become rivals. Sue enjoys the fame but refuses to wake Elizabeth up, causing Elizabeth to age quickly. As the serum runs out, Sue begins to fall apart and must wake Elizabeth, leading to a violent fight between them.
Margaret Qualley recently shared how challenging it was to portray the monstrous hybrid character in. She wore heavy prosthetics, including layers of makeup and glued body parts that limited her movement and senses.
She explained that she could only see out of one eye, couldn’t hear properly, and even had her hair burned during the scene. Despite the difficulties, she appreciated the intensity of the performance, saying it felt like being a human in a cartoon world. The prosthetics and the film’s pace made the experience unique and intense.
So at that point, I am in layers and layers and layers of prosthetics. I’ve had it glued to my face. I can’t see out of one eye, I can only see out of this eye. I can’t hear. My head is [tilted to the side]. My arms are glued to my body. The only thing I can move is my right hand, and I’ve just also burnt my hair.
All of this stuff is practical. All of this stuff is real. We’re doing it in real time. I’m really frying the hair. I’m really popping the earring in. And it’s kind of a race because it takes so long to organize those moments because of how elaborate the prosthetics are that it’s a quite simple shot, but I think by that time I’d really understood the…
It was at the very end of the shoot, the musicality of the film. And there is such a kind of beat to it. The volume of the performance is so high. You’re really accelerating. And so you know that by that moment that it’s almost like being a human within a cartoon world.
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