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See Demi Moore Turn Into Margaret Qualley in ‘The Substance’ Teaser

See Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in the teaser for 'The Substance.'

Younger, more beautiful, more perfect?” Images of a woman in workout gear play along with ominous music until a neon serum labeled “activator” kicks things off, showing how Moore becomes Margaret Qualley in the film, which the clip says will be “coming soon” to Mubi. Since a TV honcho played by Dennis Quaid recently fired Sparkle from her fitness show, she’s eager to get revenge, so she takes the titular substance. “What starts as a satire of Hollywood hypocrisy turns into a take-no-prisoners indictment of youth fixations and impossible beauty standards,” Rolling Stone explained in a Cannes roundup.

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