Demi Moore felt she ‘didn’t belong’ in Hollywood after Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle

Actor cited criticism over her appearance, which was ‘all very heightened’

Demi Moore has spoken out about struggling with her professional identity in the wake of the 2003 action sequel Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.

Moore, 61, had just entered her forties when the film was released, and the actor says that she was impacted by criticism about her appearance in a scene where she wore a bikini.

“What’s interesting is I felt [criticism] more when I hit my 40s,” she told actor Michelle Yeoh for Interview magazine. “I had done Charlie’s Angels, and there was a lot of conversation around this scene in a bikini, and it was all very heightened, a lot of talk about how I looked.

“And then I found that there didn’t seem to be a place for me. I didn’t feel like I didn’t belong. It’s more like I felt that feeling of, I’m not 20, I’m not 30, but I wasn’t yet what they perceived as a mother.”

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, is a sequel to Charlie’s Angels (2000), itself an adaptation of the hit 1970s spy series about a trio of female espionage aces working for male boss Charlie Townsend.

In the film, Moore plays the villainous Madison Lee, a former Angel who now works as an independent intelligence agent.

“Where do I fit in? It was a time that felt, not dead, but flat,” Moore continued. “I don’t know if I’ve ever done that when I’ve come up against something that I don’t understand exists as a limitation.

Demi Moore pictured in June 2024 (Getty Images for Tribeca Festiva)

“There was a moment, I have to say, where I started to wonder, is this really what I should be doing? Maybe that part of my life is complete. Not even over, but complete. Then I realised, if I’m questioning it, then I need to inject it with energy so that I know for sure.”

Moore’s next project, The Substance, drew a divisive reaction at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, though prompted some critics to suggest that Moore could be a serious contender come awards season.