Demi Moore’s Oscars Loss Doesn’t Take Away from Her Impact

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The Substance, , the frontrunner for the Oscar for her lead role in the film, lost to , the 25-year-old newcomer and star of the night’s best picture, the indie Anora.As the camera trained its eye on her in front of the world, Moore looked a little shocked, but quickly recovered to smile and applaud.

Madison looked similarly surprised and immediately overcome as she walked to the stage, the win capping off her meteoric rise from unknown to one of the most celebrated actresses in Hollywood.Immediately, a lot of people had the same reaction.

It’s giving Elisabeth and Sue.In The Substance, Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle, an Oscar-winning actress who has seen her star fade in recent years.

She’s gotten by with a role hosting her own fitness TV show, but is unceremoniously sacked by her odious boss Harvey (played by Dennis Quaid, and yes, the name is referring to that on her 50th birthday.Feeling bereft at the idea that her best years are behind her, Elisabeth responds to an ad she gets for “the substance,” an experimental drug that promises to transform her into a “a better version of herself.” What that actually means, we learn when Elisabeth injects herself with the drug, is that a literal hotter, younger version of herself is created, crawling out of Elisabeth’s spine by bursting out of her flesh.The two versions of Elisabeth, the original and the new one called Sue (Margaret Qualley) must switch out every week in order to keep them both alive.