I’ll be the first unknown that everyone’s going to be sick of … People will say, “We have no idea what hername is, but she is everywhere!" … I didSalomé withAl Pacino,The Tree of Life withTerrence Malick, and all these films that were interesting and had great characters. But because they were so interesting, perhaps the directors had more control of them. They take their time, they’re not on a schedule.
I don’t want totorture anything. … it’s about trying to live a life where I’m not contributing to thecruelty in theworld. … While I am on thisplanet, I want everyone I meet toknow that I amgrateful they are here.
We saw thechoices. The audience will be given theopportunity. They can seeHim andHer, or they can seeThem. … Well, for the cinephiles and the people who really want to commit, I would definitely say, “SeeHim andHer.” It’s the full experience. … I’ve always thoughtHim andHer. But it’s funny, in Toronto, whenHarvey Weinstein saw the film for the first time, he sawHer andHim, and he was determined. He was like, “That’s how it has to be seen!” So it depends.
I was on the set ofTree of Life. He was with me, and he asked me[if I] would play Eleanor Rigby in his film. And I said, “Yes, but it’s so much the male perspective,”[whispers] like the majority of films that are made. I said, “I’d like to know more about the woman. I’d like to know her perspective as well.”So he went and he wroteHer. And it was very collaborative because every day as he’d write, I’d be working, and I’d come back and he’d ask me questions about sisters or whatnot and how women talk with each other, and I found that to be really exciting. …he was the fullwriter. I was his bounce board. Notstory things, because that’s the main part of the film, but just things like, you know, cutting the hair. You know, because girls, we all tell each other, “Don’t cut your hair when you’re pregnant, don’t cut your hair when you have a breakup or when a tragedy happens.” It’s something that we like to do when we’re in an emotional place for some reason. Right? But that’s something that a man may not know, that’s inherently female. And so it was my idea, I wanted Eleanor to cut her hair off, because then it connects to then her disappearing herself as well.
I can’t say ANYTHING. Everyone knows pretty much who I’m playing.
A quirk offate has put Chastain in a unique position. She is 30 now, and having worked solidly since leaving drama school with an impressive roster of A-list names, she is probably the most successful actress that no one has ever heard of. …This is about to change: over the next few months Chastain has so much coming out that she worries about being overexposed.
Long before the #MeToo movement started, I was very upset when Jessica Chastain made statements against the filmLast Tango in Paris. If you listen to her, that film should never have been made. To listen to her,Maria Schneider was raped. But Jessica Chastain wasn’t there, and it’s not true — I was on set. The scene was fiction.
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