The Substance

Trivia: The film contains many nods to the films of Stanley Kubrick, most obvious being the hallway at the studio, which looks very much like one of the hallways from the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining." Even the carpet is a similar pattern.

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Trivia: Dennis Quaid reportedly ate about four pounds of shrimp for the scene where his character disgustingly eats shrimp in front of Elisabeth while ranting at her.

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Trivia: Whenever we see Sue nude (which is quite often), her breasts are actually completely fake. Director Coralie Fargeat wanted Sue's figure to be very exaggerated and almost cartoonish, likening her body to Jessica Rabbit from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." Actress Margaret Qualley thus had to wear prosthetics to enhance her figure, including a fake set of hyper-realistic large breasts. Qualley joked that the effects teams gave her "the rack of a lifetime... just not my lifetime."

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Harvey: Pretty girls should always smile!

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Question: Why would the New Year's Eve special at the end of the movie allow naked women to be viewed by the audience and on public television without censorship? Also, why would a mother allow her young daughter in the audience (the little girl in the blue dress) to see these naked women on stage?

Cody Fairless-Lee

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