Jessica Chastain to Receive Toronto Film Festival’s Tribute Actor Award

Jessica Chastain's latest role did a number on her. The 44-year-old actress portrays famed televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in the upcoming film "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" and had to wear quite a bit of makeup and prosthetics to tackle the part.

Talk about suffering for your craft!

“The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” took a hit on her physical appearance.The 44-year-old admitted the “heavy” makeup that was used to transform her into scandal-ridden televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker had done permanent damage to her skin.In order to fully become Tammy, Chastain had to apply a lot of makeup, prosthetics and wigs.

Product overload. Jessica Chastain had to completely change her appearance to play Tammy Faye Bakker in the upcoming biopic, The Eyes of Tammy Faye. But a the total transformation took a major toll on her complexion.  

Stars are used to the process of becoming their character in movies and television, often with the help of makeup and prosthetics, but for Jessica Chastain, she is worried her skin might be permanently damaged.

Jessica Chastain completely transformed her appearance for her role in the upcoming movie The Eyes of Tammy Faye and the makeup process was so intense that her skin may have been permanently damaged.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe Toronto International Film Festival will require attendees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or proof of a negative test within two days of entering any venue, the event’s organizers announced on Monday.“Festival staff, audience members and visitors entering #TIFF21 venues from September 9–18 will be required to show either proof they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or proof that they have tested negative for COVID-19 within 48 hours prior to

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentStarring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” will receive its European premiere at late September’s San Sebastian Festival.The biggest film event in the Spanish-speaking world will open with the anticipated “One Second” from China’s Xhang Yimou, which was dramatically pulled from competition at the 69th Berlin Film Festival.Both titles play in competition, vying for San Sebastian’s top film plaudit, its Golden Shell,

The brand new trailer for Scenes From A Marriage, starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, has been unveiled.

Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac are playing a married couple navigating the ups and downs of their relationship in HBO’s new limited series,. The five-episode limited series is based on Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 Swedish miniseries by the same name.

In 2020, we received one of the most wrenching tales of marriage, love, and divorce ever with Noah Baumbach’s heartbreaking “Marriage Story” with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. But arguably, one of the early towering masterpieces on this same subject is Ingmar Bergman’s 1970s TV project, “Scenes From A Marriage” (Bergman was married five times, he should know).

Natalie Oganesyan editorOscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain grapple with the complexities of love in HBO’s limited series “Scenes From a Marriage,” which released its first trailer. The highly anticipated remake will debut on HBO on September 12.The original 1973 miniseries was written and directed by legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.

The 46th Toronto International Film Festival is fast approaching and the festival is finalizing its line-up in the weeks ahead of launch day in September. Today, the festival unveiled a few new titles, announced the Canadian Satellite Screenings, unveiled the 2021 Industry Conference details and the Primetime lineup.

The 46th Toronto International Film Festival is fast approaching and the festival is finalizing its line-up in the weeks ahead of launch day in September. Today, the festival unveiled a few new titles, announced the Canadian Satellite Screenings, unveiled the 2021 Industry Conference details and the Primetime lineup.

Cumberbatch is set to appear on the big screen at this year’s TIFF in Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Will Sharpe’s “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain,” which will respectively be released by Netflix and Amazon Studios. Both films will be making their Canadian premieres at the Toronto festival.

The Imitation Game Oscar nominee will be receiving this year’s TIFF Tribute Actor Award at the fest’s 46th edition. Benedict Cumberbatch has two movies at this year’s TIFF: Netflix’s The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion, and Amazon Studios’ The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, directed by Will Sharpe — both of which will have their Canadian premieres at the fest.

The Toronto Film Festival has set the competition lineup for its Platforms program, naming Riz Ahmed as head of the jury.

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