Jessica Chastain and Rita Moreno on Refusing to Judge Their Characters and Their Unforgettable First Meeting
01.02.2022 - 19:43
/ variety.com
Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) and Rita Moreno (“West Side Story”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.When Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) and Rita Moreno (“West Side Story”) meet to discuss their respective works, each has done her homework. Moreno has watched Chastain’s catalog, and praises “Tammy Faye” to the heavens — pun intended — while also complimenting her recent HBO series, “Scenes From a Marriage,” with Oscar Isaac.
“I have to say that you and Oscar have the most gorgeous chemistry,” Moreno says.For Chastain’s part, she’s studied Moreno as an actor and a cultural figure for years, and says, “You are such a gift to our industry,” as she asks Moreno about the difficulties she’d encountered in Hollywood — thereby opening the door for a very personal conversation. And then there’s the story of the time Moreno ran into Chastain at a restaurant … RITA MORENO: I’m dying to ask you about Tammy Faye. What made you want to play her?JESSICA CHASTAIN: I just finished “Zero Dark Thirty,” and I was on the press tour for it.
And that character’s whole journey is about revenge and an eye for an eye. I saw the documentary “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” and basically Tammy was the opposite. I mean, she was 100% believing in forgiveness and that everyone is deserving of love without judgment.
And that was a healing balm for my soul after playing a character that was so revenge-driven.I had so much fun playing Celia Foote in “The Help,” and the silliness of that. I never get to be silly characters, and I love Tammy Faye’s love for camp — she would often make herself the butt of every joke, but for others’ pleasures. She loved to make
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