The actress, who stars alongside Demi Moore in the body horror film, says it took "probably a year" for her skin to recover.

What was not particularly intended to be a box office blockbuster has become very much so, and both the Maid actress and her co-star Demi Moore have enjoyed plenty of awards season buzz, with the latter earning her first major Hollywood award after over 40 years in the industry.

Her costar, Demi Moore, previously revealed that her prosthetics work could take over nine hours a day — with up to 14 pieces “glued” to her face alone.

Even Margaret Qualley can’t get the haunting visuals of “The Substance” out of her mind.

"It took me probably, like, a year to recover physically from all of it," she told a podcast about the prosthetics used in the film.

Internalized misogyny” is not a phrase you’ll hear me say very often, but I think it’s weirdly appropriate when it comes to Coralie Fargeat’s critically acclaimed body horror film, The Substance, which has become—rather bizarrely—a massive hit since its release last year.

Appearing in the latest episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Qualley revealed that the prosthetics were so damaging to her skin that it impacted her next film, Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness, in which she played several different characters.

Hollywood star Margaret Qualley has revealed that the prosthetics she wore in the critically-acclaimed horror movie “The Substance” caused so much damage to her skin that it took about a year to recover.

That’s just because my face was so f—ed up by that time that they couldn’t, like, shoot my face anymore,” Qualley added. “The Substance” follows an award-winning actress (Demi Moore ...

Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore were both transformed for their roles in 'The Substance.' According to Qualley, it took her "probably a year to recover physically from all of it."

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley starrer The Substance ended up being one of the biggest films of the year, surprising fans with its gripping storyline and stunning performances.

Margaret Qualley says filming “The Substance ... a younger version of fading aerobics celebrity Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore). After being fired by her producer (Dennis Quaid) for being ...