Demi Moore in New York City on Dec. 2, 2024.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty
Mike Coppola/Getty
Demi MooreandAmy Adamsare getting real about societal pressures when it comes to expressing anger.
Both women explore rage in their buzzed-about filmsThe SubstanceandNightbitch, respectively, and they sat down to chat forVariety’s “Actors on Actors” series about those themes.
“I love how both of our films also deal with surrealism and mysticism, and these elements of rage,” said Adams, 50, to which Moore, 62, responded, “Women in general, there is a sense of it not being okay to be angry.”
“Not that anybody’s saying we can’t be, but that it’s been in a way the collective consciousness of like, ‘Oh, that’s not attractive,’ " she added.
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Both Adams and Moore are mothers to daughters. For Adams, she shares 14-year-oldAvianawith husbandDarren Le Gallo, while Moore sharesRumer, 36,Scout, 33, andTallulah, 30, with ex-husbandBruce Willis.
As Adams told Moore, “I’ve had to really work on being like, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re such a good… ' No, don’t say it. ‘You’re a goodperson, and I’m really proud of you.’ Instead of.…”
“You’re a ‘good girl,’ " theGhostactress finished.
“Because you were strong, and you were authoritative. You always felt like you owned your own identity,” Adams added.
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Demi Moore in Paris on Nov. 5, 2024.Marc Piasecki/Getty
Marc Piasecki/Getty
During the 2024Gotham Awardsearlier this month in New York City, Moore told PEOPLE that her relationship with aging has shifted throughout her life, especially as she’s gotten older.
While not necessarily tied toThe Substance— which focuses on the topic of aging — she admitted that as of late, her views have changed.
TheNow and Thenactress explained that she can recognize that “over the course of my whole life,” she has spent too much time passing “judgment against myself.”
The Substanceis streaming on Mubi.Nightbitchis on Hulu Dec. 27.
source: people.com
