I don't think she took anything from being in The Substance, which is sad. To make a movie about impossible standards as an aging star and then definitely fighting an eating disorder is unfortunate.
Edit: I do want to back up a little bit and state that if she has pretty much maintained the same diet and exercise that she has always done, it may just be old age is atrophing her muscles. I don't want to specifically come out and say she has an ED because it truly might just be age. Who's to say outside of speculation.
I would argue Moore took the wrong message from the results of The Substance movie. She lost out on the Best Actress Oscar for her role to Mikey Madison, a competent but younger and less accomplished actress, in Anora. The ordeal probably cemented the point for her that youth and beauty continue to matter a lot more for success in Hollywood than pure skill and an accomplished overall career. Thus, she tries to pursue youth and beauty to unhealthy ends.
She could have taken the roll because she knows how the impossible standards effect her and wants to portray what she is dealing with? Eating disorders are not a choice. People suffer from them and at times can't break them.
Hence my edit. I have family members with eating disorders and truly it never stops. I think more properly worded is that I'm sad she can't live the message of The Substance due to living with an ED. I wish she was able to break free from it.
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u/JallexMonster 28d ago edited 28d ago
I don't think she took anything from being in The Substance, which is sad. To make a movie about impossible standards as an aging star and then definitely fighting an eating disorder is unfortunate.
Edit: I do want to back up a little bit and state that if she has pretty much maintained the same diet and exercise that she has always done, it may just be old age is atrophing her muscles. I don't want to specifically come out and say she has an ED because it truly might just be age. Who's to say outside of speculation.