He was about to give up and leave everything. Despite enjoying full maturity at 61 years old, Demi Moore had not had the opportunity in this century to savor the honeys of a success that in the 1990s made her the most popular and best-paid actress in the world. signing a record check of more than 12 million euros for his role in Striptease. “I questioned my own ability, my value, my place… I went through a period in which I even questioned whether this is what I should continue doing. Over the last four years, I felt like it was a personal question that I had to ask myself and explore: Should I continue to put my energy into this?” confessed the interpreter just a few days ago Entertainment Weekly. But Moore was patient, “planting seeds to see if the plant would grow,” and now he is finally reaping the rewards. The Substancehis last film as the protagonist, was a phenomenon at the recent Cannes festival and his name already sounds like one of the first favorites in the statuette pools.
“The Demi Moore renaissance is upon us.” These were some of the enthusiastic reactions that the work of the New Mexico interpreter aroused among critics in The Substance, sanctioned by one of the longest standing ovations (eleven minutes) in this edition of the contest and the award for best script for its author, Coralie Fargeat. Described as a savage nightmare of gory horror, bloody and explicit, the film tells the story of an old glory of the seventh art come to nothing that, in its attempt to fight against the tyranny of youth and aesthetic pressure, resorts to a treatment experimental to achieve a better version of herself. Along with her, the emerging Margaret Qualley and another classic of nineties cinema such as Dennis Quaid complete the cast, who described Moore’s return to the front line of the industry as “inspirational” and predicted “an incredible third act of her life” for she. For media like BBC either IndieWirethis is the “best role” in the artist’s four decades of career.
The excitement surrounding Moore’s return shows no signs of fading anytime soon considering the chronic sympathy that exists in the Los Angeles hills for a good redemption story. Every year, when rumors arise about possible contenders to enter the Oscar race, there is one profile that cannot be missed: that of the star mainstream who never before found favor with academics and to whom the public finally intends to do justice. Brendan Fraser, Jamie Lee Curtis, Matthew McConaughey and the most recent Robert Downey Jr. are proof of the power of the public at awards shows and Demi Moore, catapulted after her triumphant time at Cannes and her celebrated work in the series Feud: Capote vs The Swans, seems to be willing to give herself body and soul to assume this role in next year’s ceremony. She has never been nominated for an Oscar before.
The protagonist of classics like Ghost either some good men He had not stepped foot on the exclusive red carpet of the French festival for almost three decades and his return has left no one indifferent. After becoming one of the best dressed at the last Met Gala and being seen alongside Anne Wintour at New York Fashion Week, Demi Moore has been described by the specialized press as the “brightest” star of the festival, channeling like no one else. the glamor of golden Hollywood. Showing off her spectacular physique and her assertive extra-long hair – “I remember hearing someone say that when women get older they shouldn’t wear their hair long and it stuck in my mind” – the performer has taken advantage of her seven days on the Côte d’Azur to become omnipresent and claim their throne on Olympus wearing styles from brands such as Celine, Balenciaga, Armani Privé, Loewe or Schiaparelli. She sponsored the Chopard trophy for emerging talent and presented the exclusive amFAR charity gala, silencing all those who dared to interrupt her introduction speech to the award-winning Cher. Even her inseparable chihuahua Pilaf took her prize. “She is the star of the festival without a doubt,” he claimed Vogue France. Comparing these days with the excitement that she feels “a girl who gets ready for the first time,” the American has shown herself in her account of instagramwhich in just a year and a half has gone from three to more than five million followers, grateful and privileged for the love received: “It has been a dream to come back.”
Gone are the days when Demi Moore was tabloid fodder for her tumultuous divorce with actor Ashton Kutcher after six years of marriage – she found out from the press that her husband was cheating on her – or when she sparked controversy because of her alleged aesthetic touch-ups. which she had done to her face when she attended a Fendi fashion show as a guest model in 2021. The controversy was not new for her. Already at the end of the nineties, at the peak of her fame, she decided to temporarily withdraw from the mecca of cinema to escape the scrutiny generated by her breakup with Bruce Willis, father of her three daughters, and the sexist attacks of an industry that did not I would forgive him his fight for a salary commensurate with his status. She was given the nickname ‘Gimme More’ (‘Give me more’) and, according to the interpreter herself, she ended up being “punished” for her supposed greed. Although later colleagues like Gwyneth Paltrow have claimed the sacrifice of the actress, arguing that “she was the first to fight for equal pay and all of us benefited from it”, the Los Angeles studios would not open their doors to her with the enthusiasm of yesteryear. At 44, Moore herself recognized herself as a victim of ageism, accepting supporting roles in productions light years away from the impact of her beginnings. “It has been a few years of continuous challenge due to my age. To the point of feeling like they didn’t know what to do with me. “I’m not 20, I’m not 30… There aren’t many good roles for women over 40 beyond being someone’s mother or wife,” revealed.
The self-destructive spiral into which she immersed ended up causing her to enter a rehabilitation center in 2012 but, more than a decade later, Demi Moore boasts that she feels “more alive and present” than ever. After brutally confessing to addictions, traumas and past abuse in her successful memoir Inside OutMoore, now devoid of the burden of a troubled past, decided to start from scratch, venturing into the textile industry as a shareholder and ambassador of the swimwear brand Andie Swim or starring in Dirty Diane, an erotic podcast with a feminist perspective. On a persona
l level, she says she enjoys being single after her last known love relationship, with the prestigious Swiss chef Daniel Humm, broke up at the end of 2022. The artist has devoted recent years to her ex, Bruce Willis, after become public about the irreversible frontotemporal dementia suffered by the star of The sixth Sense and that he withdrew him from public life. Moore frequently visits the actor, shares snapshots full of tenderness with him, his daughters and grandchildren, and maintains a very close relationship with Willis’ current wife, Emma Heming. According to sources close to Moore told the magazine InTouch, her ex-husband’s struggle has given her a new perspective on life and she is already preparing for the “emotional goodbye” to her former partner for thirteen years. Perhaps the stage of the next Oscar gala is the ideal moment for Demi Moore to pay a well-deserved tribute.
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