Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore and Cameron Diaz.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Hello, Angels!
The iconic cast ofCharlie’s Angels: Full Throttlereunited to celebrate costarDemi Moore’s awards season success, 21 years after the blockbuster sequel hit theaters.
Cameron Diaz,Drew BarrymoreandLucy Liuspoke with Moore about herGolden Globe-winningand Oscar-nominated performance in the new thrillerThe Substanceand the impact of the film on the entertainment industry in a new Zoom reunion forVanity Fair.
“We are four women who love each other, respect each other, have known each other, have worked together, and celebrate female friendship,” actress and talk show host Barrymore, 49, explained to kick off the conversation.
Liu, 56, also raved about Moore’s role as Elisabeth inThe Substance, gushing, “I think I can speak for all of us — we are so proud of you. This performance, you’ve always had it in you and in all of the work that you’ve done. There’s so much vulnerability in the strength that you are able to put on camera.”
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Acknowledging Moore’s decision to take some time out of the spotlight andfocus on her family, Barrymore shared that it only further solidified Moore’s fearless nature when approaching a role so centered around dismantling the industry’s beauty standards.
“You walked away,” Barrymore marveled. “I wonder if I trusted your performance so much because I knew that you exercised a ‘take it or leave it’ in this industry. You actually removed yourself and said, ‘I’m a whole person. I’m going to go be a whole person. I don’t need this right now.’ “
“I was like, ‘This badass has walked away at the height of success and taken time for herself.’ It gave me something delicious that I’ve wished for — for every human being, let alone woman — which is that I can live without your acceptance," Barrymore concluded.
“We had this scene that [director] McG added, with me being in a bikini, which became this kind of big media interpretation — that ironically was attached to me, as if I was about my body versus it being just a part of the story that we were telling: this great cinematic moment of Cameron and I being on the beach,” she recalled. “I felt more of the experience that my character [inThe Substance] goes through in my 40s than I feel today. I didn’t quite fit anywhere. I wasn’t 30. I wasn’t 20, but I wasn’t what at that time people thought of as somebody 40. I felt very lost.”
Diaz, 52, noted that the objectification of women is a universal theme that most can relate to.
“All women, we are conditioned to be objectified — period,” she said. “Whether we are movie stars [or not], it’s just every woman. Obviously it’s more extreme in our circumstances, because we’re projected onto a screen and literally objectified. We’ve had dolls made out of us. It’s just so innate. It’s so ingrained in us. We bow down to that. We serve that objectification. We try to meet its request in so many ways.”
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Moore has been praised for her role inThe Substance, which recently earned her her firstOscar nomination.
“Being nominated for an Oscar is an incredible honor and these last few months have been beyond my wildest dreams,”Moore said in a statement. “Truly there are no words to fully express my joy and overwhelming gratitude for this recognition. Not only for me but for what this film represents. I am deeply humbled.”
source: people.com
