Jessica Chastain is being honored!
15.09.2023 - 21:13 / justjared.com
Jessica Chastain is an A-list actress, but she is anything but a diva.
The 46-year-old Oscar winner and her Memory director Michel Franco addressed her reputation and the belief that she’d developed an ego in a recent interview.
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Speaking to Indie Wire, Jessica explained that people had a hard time believing she would want to accept a role in Memory, which is a smaller project.
“Because I have been doing bigger things sometimes and have gotten a lot of attention as of late, [there’s been the idea] that I would not be interested in being on a set without a trailer,” she said. “We had the Oscars, and I won for Tammy Faye, and then right after that, I showed up on set to do Memory. Michel said that a lot of people told him, ‘Oh Jessica is going to leave your film because she just won an Oscar.’”
Michael chimed in, saying that people also warned that she would be “a nightmare and be a diva.”
“I told them, you don’t know half of it. She’s the opposite. She’s going to show up satisfied, happy, and be productive,” he said. “People are so afraid of actors. I don’t know why. The worst way to approach an actor or any person is with fear, and if you are pointing in the wrong direction then, yes, all your nightmares will come true.”
Regarding the belief that she’s a diva, Jessica stressed that she wants to put in the work when she’s on set.
“I’m not doing a movie to be pampered. If I want to be pampered, I’ll go to a spa. I’m doing a film to work and to be creative, and I don’t need to sit by myself in a trailer,” she explained.
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Memory as Sylvia, a recovering alcoholic who is dealing with childhood trauma. For the independent film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival this month, Chastain wore no makeup, had no trailer and bought her own costumes for the role.Speaking to IndieWire about the film, Chastain said: “I’m not doing a movie to be pampered. If I want to be pampered, I’ll go to a spa.
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