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Sometimes, all it takes to book your breakout role is a hot ride\u2014at least, if you\u2019re Demi Moore.<\/strong> The iconic actor shared how it all began in a Vanity Fair<\/em>\u2019s Career Timeline<\/em> ahead of her latest film The Substance,<\/em> which hit theaters on September 20. Moore takes a trip down memory lane in this video, recalling her experience shooting memorable films like St. Elmo\u2019s Fire,<\/em> Ghost,<\/em> and Indecent Proposal.<\/em><\/p>\n Moore was actually leaving an audition for a John Hughes movie when she got cast in her breakout role in Joel Schumacher<\/strong>\u2019s seminal \u201980s flick St. Elmo\u2019s Fire.<\/em> \u201cI might have been driving a motorcycle,\u201d says Moore, when Schumacher spotted her out of a window, tracked her down, and asked her to audition for the role of international banking student and party girl Jules. Ironically, Moore starred in St. Elmo\u2019s Fire<\/em> with John Hughes regulars like Emilio Estevez,<\/strong> Judd Nelson,<\/strong> Mare Winningham,<\/strong> and Ally Sheedy,<\/strong> who made up Hughes\u2019s infamous Brat Pack. \u201cNobody wanted to be called a brat. It wasn\u2019t trendy or popular,\u201d says Moore. \u201cIt felt like it diminished us, or that we were less serious. I think that it spurred me to keep moving forward and just not be attached to it\u2014almost as if that weren\u2019t going to define me.\u201d<\/p>\n And define her it did not. Moore went on to chart her own path, taking a big swing with Ghost,<\/em> a supernatural romantic thriller about love and loss. \u201cConceptually it was a comedy, a thriller, and a romance,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I thought this could be amazing, or it could really be a disaster. And that was really exciting.\u201d Luckily for Moore, Ghost<\/em> took the former route and was an instant classic, becoming the highest grossing film of 1990 in the domestic box office and earning five Oscar nominations. In the video, Moore recalls the first time she met her costar, the late Patrick Swayze, and how taken she was by by his \u201cbeautiful combination of virility and strength, with gentility and sweetness.\u201d Although Ghost<\/em> was a critical and commercial success, it also allowed Moore the space to process loss in her own life. \u201cI had already experienced\u00a0the loss of my father, but not really experienced it in a way that was healing and uplifting,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n After Ghost,<\/em> Moore continued to make interesting and compelling choices, starring in the indie Mortal Thoughts,<\/em> Aaron Sorkin<\/strong>\u2019s A Few Good Men,<\/em> and, of course, the scandalous erotic drama Indecent Proposal<\/em> from director Adrian Lyne.<\/strong> \u201cKnowing there were a lot of love scenes, the challenge was that it was done, not just tasteful, but appropriate to the relationship,\u201d says Moore. She recalls coming up with the idea to approach the love scenes in a less prescriptive fashion than was usually done in those days. \u201cInstead of going \u2018we can have this much nipple, we can have this much, you know, butt\u2026.\u2019 To me, I would be showing up to scenes and still be in my head, instead of being free to really be in the emotional exchange.\u201d Moore recalls asking to be \u201ctrue collaborators\u201d with Lyne and requesting to view the cut of the intimate scenes when it was all said and done to see if there was anything that was a bit too much for her liking. Ultimately, she was happy with the results: \u201cIn the end, I didn\u2019t ask for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n