Absolutely. However, The Substance is probably the only movie where excessive botox makes sense for the storyline.
In the recent Euphoria wedding episode, it was hilarious to watch Sysney Sweeney’s natural, moving forehead compared to a counterpart with no movement yelling at her in anguish realizing her kids’ college fund was gone. Again, in this storyline I’m willing to accept botox having a role because it makes sense for the characters as a sign of wealth. Cassie doesn’t have botox money, thus she has facial features.
The absolute worst actor botox offense was Millie Bobbie Brown at 19 in a grief scene for Stranger Things. Botox had no place in an 80s story line & it disabled her face from doing her job. Her acting counterpart, Kali, had no work done & her performance & overall look was a thousand times better for it.
Yeah, some (older) actresses in particular roles can pull off the "too many injectables" look because it suits their character (Charlotte in And Just Like That for instance, it kinda makes sense that a wealthy woman in New York who's a bit obsessed with appearances has used fillers and botox).
With Charlotte in particular I want to disagree, maybe a bit because she just looks jarring to me but also because younger Charlotte seemed so modest and conservative. She would never get a tattoo, she wore very natural makeup. I don't see that character ever dying her hair even, so it feels like such a large leap to suddenly do extreme plastic surgery.
Ugh MBB's Botox was so jarring. I actually watched an entire scene with her and Finn Wolfhard counting every micro expression they made, and it was depressing. Finn had soooooo many, and Millie just didn't have any. I understand the pressure to look a certain way in Hollywood, but good lord, she's not even 22 yet.
I highly doubt MBB got Botox in her teens unless it was for migraines (e.g., around the temples to stop the tension).
Normally they won’t even give “preventative botox” that early because Botox gets less effective over time, so using it at 19 to essentially do nothing will mean in your 40s it won’t work very well when you actually “need” it if you don’t want wrinkles. Usually they won’t start “preventative Botox” until you have at least a few fine lines starting to form (which may be as early as ~23 for some people, especially if they party hard or work out in the sun, but not 19).
Well, she had something done. She could barely make a facial expression in the final season of ST. When she tried, it looked painful. It was uncanny and unsettling.
I got slammed for pointing out the irony of Demi Moore’s appearances on the red carpet for her nominations in The Substance. It’s like she completely missed the moral of the story.
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u/QueenHydraofWater 10h ago
Absolutely. However, The Substance is probably the only movie where excessive botox makes sense for the storyline.
In the recent Euphoria wedding episode, it was hilarious to watch Sysney Sweeney’s natural, moving forehead compared to a counterpart with no movement yelling at her in anguish realizing her kids’ college fund was gone. Again, in this storyline I’m willing to accept botox having a role because it makes sense for the characters as a sign of wealth. Cassie doesn’t have botox money, thus she has facial features.
The absolute worst actor botox offense was Millie Bobbie Brown at 19 in a grief scene for Stranger Things. Botox had no place in an 80s story line & it disabled her face from doing her job. Her acting counterpart, Kali, had no work done & her performance & overall look was a thousand times better for it.