Demi Moore has revealed that the script for the 1990 film ‘Ghost’ absolutely ‘terrified’ her.
The ‘Substance’ star spoke about the emotional impact of the film on a recent episode of ‘Hot Ones’ when she was asked about the first scene where she cried as an actor. (“Hot Ones” and JS share a parent company, BuzzFeed.)
“To be such a young person dealing with the loss of your partner, when I read the script I was so overwhelmed by the kind of grief I was going to have to deal with,” she told host Sean Evans from “Hot Ones”.
The Jerry Zucker-directed romance film – which also stars Patrick Swayze alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Tony Goldwyn – is Moore’s highest-grossing film to date.
Moore plays Molly Jensen while Swayze stars as Jensen’s boyfriend, Sam Wheat.
In the film, Wheat is only killed so that his spirit can ultimately protect Jensen from the man who killed him.
Moore’s performance in the film would earn her a nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards.
Moore, who her ‘iconic’ crying technique in the film and claiming she had “no control” over it, said “Ghost” helped her get over a “hurdle” in her life.
“Not that I’ve always done it, there’s still, you know, emotionally when we have to be vulnerable, it’s not easy,” she said.
Elsewhere in the “Hot Ones” episode, Moore was asked about her motivation for playing the role of Elisabeth Sparkle in Coralie Fargeat’s satirical body horror film “The Substance.”
Evans, referring to the actor thinking to himself that the film would be “really great or a total disaster,” asked whether Moore finds such a dilemma “exciting.”
“It really means there was something in it that was worth the risk,” said Moore, who added that she felt the same way about the role as she did with “Ghost.”
She later continued, “There were so many different genres mixed together. Really, I thought, this could be great or a fucking disaster. And anyway, as usual, it’s the kind of juice that says, “Get in, take the risk, roll the dice, let’s see what happens.”
You can watch Moore’s “Hot Ones” performance below.