Margaret Qualley Was Given Prosthetic Boobs to 'Endow Me with the Rack of a Lifetime' forThe Substance

Mar. 15, 2025

Margaret Qualley in ‘The Substance’.Photo:MUBI

MUBI

Margaret Qualleywent all out to play her character inThe Substance.

While speaking toThe Sunday Times, Qualley — who plays Sue alongsideDemi Moore’s Elisabeth Sparkle in the film — recalled working with an “incredible” prosthetics team to get the right look for the movie.

Qualley, 29, explained how director Coralie Fargeat’s “vision of Sue was ’80s inspired, with butt and boobs, think Jessica Rabbit.”

“Unfortunately there is no magic boob potion, so we had to glue those on,” the actress told the outlet. “Coralie found an incredible prosthetic team to endow me with the rack of a lifetime, just not my lifetime.”

Margaret Qualley in ‘The Substance’.Courtesy of MUBI

Courtesy of MUBI

The topic ofaging in Hollywoodand sexuality has been mentioned multiple times in interviews while the pair have been promoting the film, whichhad its North American premiereat theToronto International Film Festival.

During her chat withThe Sunday Times, Qualley spoke about a challenging scene where her character leads a sexy dance class.

“That specific kind of sexuality doesn’t lend itself to me," she admitted, telling the outlet that tears were involved when she first rehearsed the scene in question.

Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’.MUBI/YouTube

MUBI/YouTube

“I was in there, with [Demi’s] face plastered onto my own body,” Qualley told the outlet.

After Moore, 61, admitted, “I don’t think we could have fit both of us in the suit," Qualley then insisted, “I wish you were in there with me!”

She added, “I was alone in that thing. I was running into things. It was a torture chamber. The amount of videos I have of me like, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’ It was eight days. I know that doesn’t seem like a lot.”

“We would just go until I had a panic attack. And the tempting thing is you want to peel it off, but of course you can’t do that, because you’ll bring your skin with you,” thePoor Thingsstar continued.

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The Substanceis in theaters on Sept. 20, 2024.

source: people.com