Demi Moore has admitted that some of her professional choices were born out of a desire to overcome personal insecurities.
During the interview In variety shows, The 61-year-old actress, who took on risqué roles in films such as 1996's “Striptease” at the height of her fame, reflected on why she decided to pose nude for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.
“One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I love my body,” Moore says.
Demi Moore has said that some of her career choices were born out of insecurity about her own body. (Getty)
She continued, “A lot of it was actually me applying for certain projects that offered me the opportunity to help me overcome my insecurities about my body.”
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“The same thing happened with the Vanity Fair cover. It wasn't because I loved the cover, it was because I was trying to free myself from the slavery I'd been imprisoning myself in,” the Ghost star added.
The Emmy nominee explained that she was attracted to the bold role because it challenged gender stereotypes.
“The other truth is that provocative things — not in a sexual sense, but things that provoke meaningful thought — have always fascinated me,” Moore said.
She continues, “Take Strip Tease for example. There was an interesting critique of women working as dancers, and the idea was that women were trying to take care of their children in any way they could. In G.I. Jane, if a woman had enough skill and the desire to raise children, [serve]why wouldn't we want her there?'
“I didn't understand why that door was closed. A lot of my films have similar themes. 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Disclosure' are similar in a way. We never saw women as aggressors, as abusers.”
Moore played a dancer in the 1996 film Strip Tease. (Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)
After rising to fame in the 1980s, Moore caused controversy when she posed nude for the 1991 Vanity Fair cover titled “More Demi Moore” while seven months pregnant with her daughter Scout. She appeared nude again for Vanity Fair's August 1992 cover titled “Demi's Birthday Suit.” In 2019, Moore appeared completely naked on the cover of Harper's Bazaar's October issue.
In the mid-'90s, Moore was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, but her career began to decline sharply after “Strip Tease” and 1997's “G.I. Jane” were critical and commercial failures.
In an interview with Variety, Moore named both films when asked which of his movies he feels don't get the recognition they deserve.
“If you really look at GI Jane, there were people trying to kill it before it even came out,” she recalls. “I did Striptease and then GI Jane back to back, and the only thing that could have worked against me in the industry was that both of those movies were coming out at the same time, and I was the highest-paid actress in the business.”
“The other truth is that provocative things — not in a sexual sense, but things that provoke meaningful thought — have always fascinated me,” Moore told Variety. (Getty Images)
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“that “That moment was so powerful for me because it wasn't just about me, it was about changing the playing field for all women,” Moore added, “But because I was playing a stripper, I had betrayed women. And because I was playing a soldier, I had betrayed men.”
“The conversation quickly turned to, 'Well, she's only getting paid that much because she plays a stripper.' I was really shocked, but at the same time I understood that whoever got out first was going to be hit hard, and that applies to anyone who challenges the status quo.”
The actress said she has no regrets about starring in “G.I. Jane.” (Buena Vista/Getty Images)
However, Moore told Variety that if she could do it over again, she would “absolutely” make the same choice.
“They've given me so much,” she said of Strip Tease and G.I. Jane. “At the end of the day, all I have is experience.”
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Moore stars in the new horror film “The Substance,” which was greeted with a 13-minute standing ovation when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Moore said her “Substance” co-star Margaret Qualley made her feel at ease while filming her nude scenes. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
In the film, Moore plays a 50-year-old celebrity who uses an experimental drug to temporarily create a younger version of herself. Moore appears in several nude scenes alongside co-star Margaret Qualley, who plays a younger version of her character.
During the “Substance” press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Moore credited Qualley with making her feel at ease during filming.
“I had a great partner who I felt very safe with,” Moore says. From Variety. “We were obviously pretty intimate — naked — and we had a lot of laughs at the moment when we realised how absurd certain situations were.”
“But at the end of the day, it really comes down to communication and mutual trust,” she added.
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