The substancewhich is already in theaters in Spain, continues to give something to talk about with its ultra-gore reflection of a story that tells the life of actress-host of a fitness show who, upon turning 50, begins to see his light go out. At that moment, he resorts to a strange substance that, when injected, brings out of your body a younger and more attractive version, embodied by Margaret Qualley.
The film denounces the aesthetic superficiality of today’s societyespecially focused on the feminine universe and the need to search for perfection, uses an arsenal of prostheses that criticize this artificial world. This meant that Qualley had to wear a “ass and fake tits” to play the characterspeaking about it in an interview for Sunday Times.
Qualley has explained that her character was inspired by the 1980s, “with those butts and tits.” like Jessica Rabbit“Thus, the actress talks about those prostheses that she had to use to play the character and that were created by the French artist Pierre Olivier Persin.
The prostheses of ‘The Substance’
“Unfortunately, There’s no magic potion for boobs, so I had to glue them on. Director Coralie Fargeat found an incredible team of prosthetics to give me the best cleavage of my life, but only for a while“the interpreter joked.
The film starring Qualley alongside Demi Moorewho gives life to the character in his adult stage, conquered Cannes 2024 with the award for best script. In our country, after going through the festivals of San Sebastian and Sitges, is already in theaters distributed by Elastica Films and Filmin.
The distribution of The substance It also has other well-known faces such as Dennis Quaid (Frequency), Hugo Diego Garcia (Death and stuff), Oscar Lesage (The great youth), Joseph Balderrama (Batman) either Gore Abrams (Hell House LLC), among other big names.
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