Why Demi Moore Likely Won’t Bare All for Movie Roles Again

Fresh off her first Oscar nomination and Golden Globe win for The Substance, Demi Moore is receiving numerous script offers, but the 62-year-old actress appears hesitant to repeat the film’s revealing scenes in future projects. Despite garnering widespread praise for her confidence in nude scenes as aging actress Elisabeth Sparkle, Moore is carefully considering how she’ll approach similar requests going forward.

“Many of the scripts coming in require her to bare her body again,” an insider revealed to The Daily Mail. “But she’s not so sure if she wants to do it again. Demi believes there comes a time when you need to just say no.”

Moore has been candid about filming the vulnerable scenes in The Substance, where she plays a fading celebrity who uses an illicit drug to create a younger version of herself, played by Margaret Qualley. “It was a very vulnerable experience, and we had a lot of conversations around it, but it was taking you to the raw place that you needed to [go],” Moore explained to Women Magazine, per The Sun. “On my end, I felt it wasn’t sexualized since so many of my scenes were about the experience of being with yourself, and often we are with ourselves nude, and it’s those moments of our own personal gaze and self-judgment.”

While sources indicate Moore remains proud of her physique, they suggest she’s unlikely to agree to full exposure again. “If the most amazing script comes her way and there’s a nude scene, she’ll negotiate just how much she is willing to reveal,” the Daily Mail source noted, adding that “it’s doubtful she’ll do it again, despite the fact she’s really proud of her body.”

The role has marked a spectacular career renaissance for Moore, culminating in her first Academy Award nomination and an emotional Golden Globe victory. During her acceptance speech, she revealed a past producer had labeled her a “popcorn actress” thirty years ago, a comment that “corroded” her confidence. “At that time I made that mean that this wasn’t something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn’t be acknowledged,” Moore shared at the ceremony.

Moore’s perspective on aging differs significantly from her character’s, as she explains she doesn’t base her self-worth solely on appearance. “That place where she’s feeling so rejected, and in such despair, I think there is a part of that where we – not just women – can all connect to on a human level,” she reflected to Woman Magazine. “I’ve certainly walked through that at different times in my life, where I too have placed too much value on my external self, and not enough on my insides.”