Jessica Chastain covers the new issue of W Magazine. YES, that’s Jessica Chastain. While this high-concept editorial is fug as hell, it’s a sweet relief because I have some angle to discuss. I like Chastain so much and she’s a very beautiful and talented woman, but her interviews are like watching paint dry. She’s just not all that great at giving compelling quotes – you can read the full piece here. As for the editorial… it’s just a big WHY? Why would you do this to a classically beautiful woman? Why give her giant brows and pink hair and make her look like Katy Perry?
Her 2011 debut at Cannes, being held up by Brad Pitt & Sean Penn: “They were! I would have fainted without them. When I see a picture from that premiere, I seem happy. But that was, actually, a kind of acting. In my head, I was thinking, I have no idea what I’m doing here, and I don’t belong. Cannes was when my career was born. I made it through the fire to the Palais, and it changed my life.”
Doing so many different roles all at once: “It did confuse people. I would hear, ‘Who is the real Jessica?’ a lot. I think of versatility as a good thing, but it does make it difficult for audiences to know you…They rarely say that about men. They never worry about ‘knowing’ them.”
Career goal: “One of my goals is to play a villain in a Bond film. People ask me if I want to be a Bond girl, and I say, ‘No, I want to be the villain.’ I’m waiting for that call!”
Working with Charlize Theron on The Huntsman: “I look like a Smurf next to Charlize. I play a warrior in the film.”
Her boyfriend Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo: “He’s a gentleman. And that’s very important to me. He’s from an old-school Italian family. No one in his family has ever been divorced!”
[From W Magazine]
I’m actually a little bit suspicious of people who come from families where there has been no divorce, ever. I mean… it’s 2015. People get divorced, even in Italy. Am I wrong for thinking that’s suspicious? Probably. As for her statement about wanting to play a Bond villain, I’m almost positive that Angelina Jolie said something similar, only Angelina said something like she didn’t want to be a Bond Girl, she wanted to be James Bond.
You know who she reminds me of in this photo, below? Ani DiFranco!
Photos courtesy of Steven Klein/W Magazine.
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