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Culture August 15, 2024

Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid, Margaret Qualley star in 'The Substance' trailer: See here

WATCH: Demi Moore talks about the vulnerability needed to film the nude scenes in new film

The official trailer for "The Substance" is here.

The highly anticipated film stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid in a story about toxic beauty culture.

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in action-packed new teaser for 'The Substance': Watch here

In the Coralie Fargeat-directed film, Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle, "a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Quaid)," according to a synopsis.

PHOTO: Demi Moore appears in the official trailer for Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance."
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Demi Moore appears in the official trailer for Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance."

"She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE," the synopsis continues. "All it takes is one injection and she is reborn -- temporarily -- as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Qualley)."

The only catch is that once the substance is taken, "time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions."

PHOTO: Margaret Qualley appears in the official trailer for Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance."
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Margaret Qualley appears in the official trailer for Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance."

In the trailer, we see Moore's character transform into Sue. Things take a turn when Moore's character is on the phone and says that "there's been a slight misuse of the substance."

"Going into it, it was really spelled out the level of vulnerability and rawness that was really required to tell this story," Moore said about the film in May. "It was a very vulnerable experience and just required going into it with a sensitivity and a lot of conversion about what we were trying to accomplish, how we were going to approach it."

Demi Moore talks about the 'vulnerability' needed to film the nude scenes in new film

Moore also called Qualley a "great partner" during filming.

PHOTO: Dennis Quaid appears in the official trailer for Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance."
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Dennis Quaid appears in the official trailer for Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance."

"We were obviously close in certain moments -- naked," Moore said. "It allowed us also a lot of levity in those moments at how absurd those certain situations were with us laying on the tile floor. But ultimately, it's just about I think really direct and clear communication and mutual trust."

"The Substance" arrives in theaters on Sept. 20.