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Demi Moore admits she felt 'underestimated' by Hollywood as she takes on new role

Oscar nominee, Demi Moore, stars in new film, I Love Boosters, this month, however, the Hollywood icon admits she almost didn't become an actress because she was didn't think she was good enough

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Hollywood icon, Demi Moore, has made a heartbreaking confession

Hollywood icon, Demi Moore, has made a heartbreaking confession ahead of the release of her latest film. The Substance star, 63, who was nominated for an Oscar for her incredible performance in 2024, stars in I Love Boosters, which follows a group of shoplifters, known as 'boosters', take aim at a cutthroat fashionista, Christie Smith - played by Demi.

Fans can't wait to see the Indecent Proposal star, who shares daughters, Rumer, 36, Scout, 34, and Tallulah, 32 with ex-husband, Bruce Willis, 71, back on the big screen. However, in a new interview, Demi has admitted that she almost didn't become an actress because she didn't think she'd be any good.

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Oscar nominee, Demi Moore, stars in new film, I Love Boosters

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Fans can't wait to see the Indecent Proposal star back on the big screen

Speaking in V Magazine's V160 Summer 2026 Issue while looking gorgeous in a collection of black and white snaps, she said: "I didnt come from a background of training, and I didnt grow up in school doing plays. I didnt have a foundation to fall on, like a barometer.

"I was flying by the seat of my pants, which can feel a little bit like, Did I get it? Did it work? This is when I was really young, I was almost afraid to be in an acting class, because I thought that if they told me I wasnt any good, Id be told that I couldnt do it well."

Thankfully, Demi, who admits she has battled insecurity in the past and has, at times, felt "underestimated" by the industry, did keep going and now has one of the most enviable careers in Tinseltown.

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Demi admits she had felt 'underestimated' in Tinseltown

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She's still one of Hollywood's hottest properties

With a string of box office hits under her belt, the star is in action again in I Love Boosters, which is in cinemas this month.

Talking about why she took on the role of the fearsome fashionista, Smith, she said: "I dont even know if, after I read [the script for I Love Boosters], I fully understood it. But I understood that to go on the journey with him, when I got to the other side, I would have more of me. That there would be something more expanded in me, just from every respect.

[Its] a smaller role for me, but it was the company that I would be with, the material, what its saying, and is it pushing me out of my comfort zone?

"Is it gonna help stretch me professionally, and then also personally?"

Demi continued: "I also try to think of things in balance. You know, its so easy in our industry to kind of be put in a box. Like, This is who you are.'

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