“Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me I was a ‘popcorn actress’,” a tearful Demi Moore told the Golden Globes this month when she picked up the award for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy for her role in Coralie Fargeat’s satirical body horror, The Substance.
Moore burst onto US screens in the 1981 soap opera, General Hospital, and quickly became one of the 1980s and 1990s most recognisable stars with hits including Ghost, Indecent Proposal and A Few Good Men.
Although in 1996, she became the highest paid actress in history, taking home $12.5 million for Striptease, it became one of the biggest flops of the decade.
A retreat from acting coincided with high profile bust ups with long term husband Bruce Willis in 2000 – and later Ashton Kutcher in 2013 – leading to constant attention from tabloid press.
The Substance follows Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading movie star who reaches new lows after being sacked from her TV fitness show.
