Will Demi Moore take home this year’s Oscar for best actress? Without a doubt, she has a good chance. She has already won a Golden Globe for her bold performance in Coralie Fargeat’s satirical body-horror thriller, The Substance. Aside from the caliber of her performance, one important element might work in her favor: Hollywood, like everyone else, enjoys it when a former superstar returns.
As a film critic and host of the Girls on Film Podcast, Anna Smith says, “Hardcore fans of particular actors feel vindicated when they come back into fashion,” while more casual fans might still feel a certain sense of nostalgia for the characters they grew up watching on screen.