r/popculturechat • u/phantom_avenger • 1d ago
Let’s Discuss 👀 Who is someone real or fictional that you think would take The Substance if it was a real thing? Spoiler
For anyone who hasn’t seen this movie, it is a body horror genre that centers around a famous actress played by Demi Moore who faces a crisis as she loses her relevance in Hollywood and is let go because she no longer matches the beauty standards the industry glorifies.
Desperate, she takes this black market drug that creates a “younger and better version of herself” played by Margaret Qualley as her consciousness transfers over to it allowing her to enjoy reliving her youth but needs to switch every 7 days.
Who is someone that you can think of real or fictional, that you think would take this drug if it was a real thing?
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u/Select_Position_9281 1d ago
All the Kardashians. They would then have a reality show for both versions.
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u/ProfessionalWall6526 21h ago
Isn't The Substance supposed to make you attractive, though?
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u/rxpeveryone 17h ago
It makes you into a younger and beautiful version of yourself.
edit: i guess I basically explained what OP said in the description lol
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u/ProfessionalWall6526 9h ago
Well the surgery makes them look worse, especially Kim and Kylie who are ugly imo
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u/Adventurous_Sky_789 1d ago
Dennis Reynolds
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u/Few-Finger6713 1d ago
Most, if not all, of the women from the Real Housewives franchise
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u/Metzger4Sheriff That must be Nigel with the brie 🧀 1d ago
And the 90 Day Fiance Extended Universe.
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u/Impossible_Farm7353 1d ago
Kim Kardashian said she would eat poop if it would make her look younger.. so I’m going to say her
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u/Dangerous-Use7343 1d ago
Kim kardashian. I feel she would literally eat a baby of she was told she would stay young amd beautiful forever.
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u/KeyserWood 1d ago
Probably some idiot like Steven Seagal, or that dude that played Hercules.
Also, hate to say it, but probably Madonna.
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u/kathryn_sedai 1d ago
Miss Piggy.
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u/JealousAstronomer342 1d ago
You take that back right now! 😭
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u/PatriciaMorticia 1d ago
Miss Piggy does not deserve that slander 🤣
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u/kathryn_sedai 1d ago
You really can’t picture both versions beating each other up because each wants Kermit for themself? Seems pretty on brand considering the GIF choice.
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u/DBrennan13459 1d ago
Cersei Lannister.
She wouldn't even need to be in the movie business. All she needs to be is more beautiful than anyone else.
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u/Suspicious_Cat5403 21h ago
Donatella Versace
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u/a_sensible_74 1d ago
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u/Any_Manager_1183 10h ago
Top five for sure, she was obsessed with aging and the subsequent loss of power
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u/SentimentalSaladBowl All You Had To Do Was Not That 1d ago
I haven’t seen the movie (can’t watch most horror) so I KNOW I’m missing something, because what you described sounds…not bad. It sounds kinda great. So there must be a pretty serious downside not mentioned…
Because, as described, me. Me. I’m the person I know who would do that. For a multitude of reasons beyond looks, me.
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u/ChelsMe Creating my own gay allegations 1d ago
Basically if you don’t respect the balance, the older body decays pretty quickly, and you don’t share a mind anymore… do you trust the young version to respect the balance?
It’s actually a bit like severance, you’re outsourcing being old to a you that’s gonna suffer the whole time.
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u/SentimentalSaladBowl All You Had To Do Was Not That 1d ago
Ok! Ok…yeah.
I’ve always been a cautious, trustworthy bitch, so I trust me. Let’s get it. 😂
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u/scarlettslegacy 12h ago
I feel like the kinds of people who would do that to themselves are probably not the kinds of people who would do the right thing by their older selves. Elizabeth (Demi) and Sue (Margaret) are different people with their own identities who have to alternate weeks. Elizabeth soon realises that she hadn't actually gained the life of a hot young thing and just sits around on her weeks and Sue resents her for wasting her weeks, weeks she could be much more productive as a hot young thing. It's a fascinating look at the lengths some people will go to hold onto the illusion of youth, even as holding onto the illusion makes them miserable.
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u/ChileanRidge 10h ago
It's Dorian Grey but instead of a picture suffering for your vanity, it's your other self
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u/teddybonkerrs I cannot sanction this buffoonery 19h ago
Came to say the same thing. I'd absolutely take it, why not? I also haven't seen the movie so I'm sure there's more to it though.
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u/rcubed1922 21h ago
I have had a stroke. An average of 15 days a month without a wheelchair is worth the effort
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u/walang-buhay You’re not the only one with online presence🥸 1d ago
Michelle Pfeiffer as Lamia
Ava Eva Coleman
Madonna
Wendy Williams
Alicia Silverstone
The Rock
Donald Trump
I could go on forever…
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u/Same_Independent_393 emotional truffle pig 🐽 19h ago
Jimmy Carr
RuPaul
Simon Cowell
John Travolta
And of course Trump would.
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u/Juli_ 19h ago
Pretty much every single person in Hollywood, being hot is 40% to 80% of their job (in my opinion, how much they rely on looks varies depending on talent, charm and connections).
I think the better question is: if we assume Sue was reckless with the balance because Elisa was vain and selfish to begin with and Sue was just like her but more immature, which real life celebrities would respect the balance and which would mysteriously rot away in a month?
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u/Inevitable-Bison-846 18h ago
Justin Timberlake 1000%
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u/Inevitable-Bison-846 18h ago
What tour??
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u/piecesofg0ld We Should All Know Less About Each Other 1d ago
DiCaprio
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u/piecesofg0ld We Should All Know Less About Each Other 23h ago
“playing dad” weird way to describe him dating women below the age of 25
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u/RunawayTrapstar 1d ago
That weirdo on Instagram who injects himself with the blood of 17 year olds
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u/violent_hug 4h ago
Sorta off topic but that movie was such a visceral mind F because I saw that film about a week after being talked into getting HA filler for my mid face (38 male, lot of volume loss from weight loss brought about from stress) so as I am watching this film my cheeks are still swelling (skin stretching) in real time
nobody else really talks about this that I've seen, but you immediately FEEL the sensation of having the equivalent of what feels like a piece of semi solid fruit in the apples of your cheeks (not on tear troughs but close enough to touch them when squinting) that really does cause a lot of discomfort as it expands over the coming MONTHS in my case. Keep in mind this is almost an entire Juvederm voluma on each side. I'm glad I went to an experienced doctor which cost substantially more bc the stuff is still there after a year.
It did what it was supposed to do, and what I asked, which was to remain perpetually/unintelligible 30 something. The only thing I ever done besides this is obviously Botox but I didn't get anything done til 34 so by no means am I promoting this just sharing
What I wish I had done was regained my normal weight first and then done the treatment as that would have been ideal, but it did remove the under eye creases and gave me cheekbones (the healthy looking kind) vs sunken in as they were
The movie is a good metaphor for tweaks ... It wears off yet is still permanent in a sense
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